1 Kilngarth Cottages, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9ND
About 1 Kilngarth Cottages
1 Kilngarth Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Clappersgate, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9ND). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 87), a 2-band jump.
Across 1999–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£786/sq ft) was about 213.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2024 at £550,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
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Risks
planning & flood
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Trends
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Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Oct 2014FullIn report
Remove dilapidated timber building and replace with timber summerhouse
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2014/5563
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Sales history & valuation
1 Kilngarth Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1999.
£519,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 25 years.
£550,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
8 August 2024Most recent
£550,000
+331.4%over 25 years17 May 1999
£127,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA22 9ND: £502,000 (2022–2006).
Nearby sales in LA22 9ND
2 Kilngarth Cottages, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9ND
Sold Feb 2022
£502,000Badger Wheel, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9ND
Sold Sept 2014
£755,000Kilngarth, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9ND
Sold Mar 2012
£285,000Cooksons Garth, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9ND
Sold Nov 2006
£450,000Riverside, Clappersgate, Ambleside, LA22 9ND
Sold Sept 2006
£395,000
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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
1.1 km
Ambleside Waterhead Ferry Landing — ferry terminal.
Closest school
1.3 km
Ambleside CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.1dB