1 Hilltop, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA
About 1 Hilltop
1 Hilltop is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, Windermere (LA23 1JA). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot and a loft. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
8 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 154 m² it's 21.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (127 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.5% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 33.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold February 2022 for £610,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bathrooms2
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- LoftYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Hilltop's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Hilltop has been through 4 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- May 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 Oak tree (T1 of TPO: 309) - Reduce the tree by reducing all heavily end weighted limbs to points shown in the photograph submitted with this application. The limbs would be reduced to strong growing points.
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 13 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2025/0044
- Nov 2022Tree WorksTreesIn report
Oak tree (T1 in application) – Reduce lateral branches as marked in the photographs within the application
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- T/2022/0157
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Hilltop
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Hilltop has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 2004.
£668,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.5% per year over 18 years.
£610,000
Growth on file: 8.5% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
23 February 2022Most recent
£610,000
+332.6%over 18 years16 February 2004
£141,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA23 1JA: £2,650,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in LA23 1JA
Pine Lodge, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA
Sold Oct 2024
£810,000Meregarth, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA
Sold Apr 2022
£9,858,750Watermead, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA
Sold Apr 2020
£1,575,000Merethwaite, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA
Sold Dec 2017
£3,300,000Innisfree, Old Hall Road, Troutbeck Bridge, Windermere, LA23 1JA
Sold Oct 2017
£2,650,000
Everything we know about 1 Hilltop, 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 Old Hall Road homes
On years held, 1 Hilltop runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,961
Street avg £4,620
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 179 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.5 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
2/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.5 km
Windermere Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.6 km
The Lakes School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB