4 Birthwaite Ground Cottages, Birthwaite Road, Windermere, LA23 1DF
About 4 Birthwaite Ground Cottages
4 Birthwaite Ground Cottages is a detached house in Windermere (LA23 1DF). It has a recorded floor area of 69 m² (around 743 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a C (score 71). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 88).
At 69 m² the property is well over the postcode median (47 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2014.
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Nov 2014New BuildFullIn report
8 no. detached dwellings on former garden nursery site
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2012/5175
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
4 Birthwaite Ground Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£447,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA23 1DF: £775,000 (2019–2002).
Nearby sales in LA23 1DF
Everything we know about 4 Birthwaite Ground Cottages, 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 Birthwaite Road homes
4 Birthwaite Ground Cottages outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
71 (C)
Street avg 64 (D)
Floor Area
69 m²
Street avg 78 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.7 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Windermere Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
St Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere. 4 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB