2 Croft Barn, Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
About 2 Croft Barn
2 Croft Barn is a detached house in Hawkshead, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 0QP). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1991-1995 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2020) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71).
Across 2011–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£551/sq ft) was about 79.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 54 m² it's 28.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (76 m² median across 10 EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £320,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Planning history
2 Croft Barn has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£300,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.1% per year over 9 years.
£320,000
Growth on file: 4.1% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
11 March 2021Most recent
£320,000
+45.5%over 9 years3 October 2011
£220,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 0QP: £305,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in LA22 0QP
15 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Jan 2025
£282,0006 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Nov 2022
£485,00013 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold May 2022
£452,00014 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Mar 2017
£280,00012 Kings Yard, Hawkshead, Ambleside, LA22 0QP
Sold Apr 2015
£305,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.3 km
Hawkshead Esthwaite Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB