1 Lynstead, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG
About 1 Lynstead
1 Lynstead is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Windermere (LA23 2DG). It has a recorded floor area of 125 m² (around 1345 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. At 125 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (81–125 m²). The building's EPC ratings span E to C across 4 units on file. Other recorded features include a balcony. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2012. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 125 m² it's 23.9% larger than the typical home in the postcode (101 m² median across 24 EPCs). Across 2014–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 65.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £490,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- BalconyYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
1 Lynstead's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Lynstead has an approved rear extension on the planning record.
- Jan 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Rear of property
Alterations to single storey extensions at the rear of the building
- Council
- South Lakeland
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 7/2011/5600
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Lynstead
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
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£508,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 7 years.
£490,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 7 years.
Sales timeline
19 August 2021Most recent
£490,000
+34.2%over 6 years13 October 2014
£365,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LA23 2DG: £411,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in LA23 2DG
Waterbeck, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG
Sold Jun 2024
£1,650,0003 Lynstead, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG
Sold Nov 2022
£340,0004 Rotherwood, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG
Sold Jan 2022
£220,000Beaumont, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG
Sold Jan 2022
£1,445,000School Knott Cottage, Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 2DG
Sold Dec 2019
£411,000
Everything we know about 1 Lynstead, 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 Thornbarrow Road homes
Price per m² for 1 Lynstead runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,920
Street avg £2,504
Floor Area
125 m²
Street avg 91 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.1 t/year
Street avg 5.3 t/year
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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
1.0 km
Windermere Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
St Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB