1 Kirkstone Court, Chapel Hill, Ambleside, LA22 9EB
About 1 Kirkstone Court
1 Kirkstone Court is a semi-detached house in Ambleside (LA22 9EB). It has a recorded floor area of 64 m² (around 689 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
At 64 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 8 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Sold July 2023 for £625,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£907/sq ft) was about 212.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2024.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Kirkstone Court's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2024Tree WorksTreesIn report
Ash Tree (marked as T1 in notification) - Fell to ground level. Hazel tree (marked as T2 in notification) - Reduce to 8ft in height.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2024/0069
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Kirkstone Court has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£672,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 24 years.
£625,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
11 July 2023Most recent
£625,000
+47.1%over 10 years8 May 2013
£425,000
26 February 2010
£425,000
+3.7%over 2 years15 April 2007
£410,000
+121.6%over 5 years8 August 2001
£185,000
+39.6%over 1 year9 August 1999
£132,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9EB: £375,000 (2025–2007).
Nearby sales in LA22 9EB
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What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Chapel Hill homes
Floor Area for 1 Kirkstone Court lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 67 (D)
Floor Area
64 m²
Street avg 104 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.0 t/year
Street avg 6.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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.
Nearest stop
1.6 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
0.4 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.6dB