4 Main Street, Elterwater, Ambleside, LA22 9HT
About 4 Main Street
4 Main Street is a mid-terrace house in Elterwater, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9HT). It has a recorded floor area of 47 m² (around 506 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. At 47 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (47–94 m²). The building's EPC ratings span G to D, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (61 versus a worst of 19). The latest certificate (July 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since June 2010. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on electricity.
One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. 9 years since the last transfer (November 2017). Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. Across 2001–2017, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £378,000 is 19.1% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£628/sq ft) was about 27% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Risks
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Trends
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency improved
Planning history
4 Main Street has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Apr 2019RenovationHeritageIn report
Internal alterations to the existing layout and improvements to the fabric of the building to improve the thermal and acoustic properties
- Council
- South Lakeland
Listed- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2019/5085
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 4 Main Street has grown more than fourfold since the 2001 starting point.
£378,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 17 years.
£317,500
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
6 November 2017Most recent
£317,500
+9.5%over 6 years31 March 2011
£290,000
+49.7%over 5 years5 May 2005
£193,750
+145.3%over 4 years8 February 2001
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9HT: £430,000 (2021–1998).
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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
0.9 km
Langdale CofE School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB