4 Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP
About 4 Compston Street
4 Compston Street is a mid-terrace house in Ambleside (LA22 9DP). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 829 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2019) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2019. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £385,000 is 22% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 45.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,550 in May 2019.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
4 Compston Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2019ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Construction of single storey extension and conversion of roof providing roof level windows
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2019/5522
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Compston Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£385,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£315,550
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
22 May 2019Most recent
£315,550
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9DP: £400,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in LA22 9DP
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Sold Feb 2025
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Sold Aug 2024
£425,0003 Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP
Sold Jul 2024
£422,000Smallwood House, Apartment 1, Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP
Sold Aug 2022
£275,0001 Compston Street, Ambleside, LA22 9DP
Sold May 2020
£370,000
Everything we know about 4 Compston Street, in one report
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
Versus other Compston Street homes
EPC Rating for 4 Compston Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,098
Street avg £3,462
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 88 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.3 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.1 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.2dB