Town Head Cottage, Town Head, Troutbeck, Windermere, LA23 1PP
About Town Head Cottage
Town Head Cottage is a detached house in Troutbeck, Windermere, Windermere (LA23 1PP). It has a recorded floor area of 72 m² (around 775 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a G (score 2), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 64), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on dual fuel.
At 72 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1999–2013, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £836,000 is 11.9% above the 2013 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£964/sq ft) was about 188.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 13 years ago, in January 2013.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Town Head Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Town Head Cottage has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£836,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.7% per year over 14 years.
£747,000
Growth on file: 8.7% per year over 14 years.
Sales timeline
11 January 2013Most recent
£747,000
+211.2%over 13 years17 June 1999
£240,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA23 1PP: £375,000 (2024–2002).
Everything we know about Town Head Cottage, 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 Town Head homes
EPC Rating for Town Head Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
2 (G)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
72 m²
Street avg 98 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.1 t/year
Street avg 7.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.2dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB