2 Red Lion Cottages, Grasmere, Ambleside, LA22 9ST
About 2 Red Lion Cottages
2 Red Lion Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Grasmere, Ambleside, Ambleside (LA22 9ST). It has a recorded floor area of 76 m² (around 815 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2011) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The latest certificate is from June 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 76 m² it's 28.8% larger than the typical home in the postcode (59 m² median across 4 EPCs). Last changed hands 15 years ago, in October 2011. Across 2005–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 33.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £445,000 is 15.6% above the 2011 sale price. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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Already flagged here
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
2 Red Lion Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Jun 2021
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2008RenovationFullIn report
External and internal alterations
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2008/5032
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 2 Red Lion Cottages has grown more than fourfold since the 2005 starting point.
£445,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 33.5% per year over 7 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 33.5% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
27 October 2011Most recent
£385,000
+600.0%over 6 years31 January 2005
£55,000
Median price across the last 3 sales in LA22 9ST: £95,000 (2023–1998).
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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

Versus the street
2 Red Lion Cottages outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
58 (D)
Street avg 61 (D)
Floor Area
76 m²
Street avg 53 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 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.
Closest school
0.3 km
Grasmere CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB