School Knott Cottage, Windermere
School Knott Cottage, Windermere
Description & Estimates







School Knott Cottage, Windermere is recorded publicly as a period freehold house across 1,357 ft2 of internal area, sitting on a 940 m2 plot.
Locally, houses of this size normally have 4 bedrooms with a garden.
Our estimate of the sale value of School Knott Cottage, Windermere is £655,308 and its rental estimate is £1,738 per month, given the available information and assuming reasonable condition.
Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23 falls within the LA23 postal district.
Our Data Sources
School Knott Cottage, Windermere has a single entry in the Land Registry from December 2019 and a single entry in the EPC database dated October 2011.
We combine this information with that of neighbouring properties to estimate the property attributes and values.
The local information is scored as 1 out of 5 and is considered of low accuracy.
Price Range & Condition
The condition of a property plays an important role in determining its value, with the degree of impact varying by property type, size and location.
For School Knott Cottage, Windermere, we estimate a market value of £688,074 and a rental value of £1,825 per month when presented in very good decorative order. Should the property require extensive cosmetic improvement, those figures would reduce to £609,437 and £1,617 per month respectively.
Recent Market Change
Over the last year, School Knott Cottage, Windermere has seen its estimated sale value move down by £4,231 (0.6%) and its estimated rental value increase by £58 per month (3.4%). This results in an estimated gross rental yield of 3.2%.
Plot Size
HM Land Registry records the plot of land for School Knott Cottage, Windermere as measuring 940 m2.
That makes it the 10th largest plot in the postcode, where 13 of the 15 other houses have recorded plot data.
Energy Efficiency
School Knott Cottage, Windermere has an Energy Performance Rating (EPC) of G. This is based on the most recent assessment, dated 18 Oct 2011.
The property is not connected to mains gas and has single glazed windows. It is heated using Electric storage heaters.
Sold Prices
The most recent sale of School Knott Cottage, Windermere completed on 12th December 2019 at £411,000 and was recorded by HM Land Registry as a freehold house.
Since 1995 this is the property's only sale.
Values of comparable properties have dropped by 1.0% over the period since December 2019.
- Sold Dec 2019£411,000
Similar Properties Sold Nearby
Over the past 2 years 3 properties similar to School Knott Cottage, Windermere have sold within a radius of 750 metres, per the Land Registry and our network of Estate Agents.
The latest, on the 17th April 2025, was Lane Head, Victoria Road, Windermere, LA23 2DP, a freehold house which sold for £565,000.
Read more about house prices in LA23.
•Nearby is defined as the radius comprising the nearest 2,000 addresses.
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Location Comparison
Of the 80 addresses on Thornbarrow Road, Windermere, LA23, School Knott Cottage, Windermere comes out as the 35th largest and the 26th most expensive in our analysis of the public data.
It is also £302k more expensive than the average property across the LA23 district.
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Schools Nearby
- 300mSt Martin & St Mary Church of England Primary School
- 400mSt Cuthberts Catholic Primary School, Windermere
- 700mGoodly Dale Primary School
- 2.6kmThe Lakes School
- 11.1kmJohn Ruskin School
- 11.4kmThe Queen Katherine School
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Public Transport Nearby
From School Knott Cottage, Windermere, the nearest station is Windermere, 1.0 kilometres away.
- 1.0kmWindermere
- 5.5kmStaveley (Cumbria)
- 9.1kmBurneside (Cumbria)
Available Internet Speeds
Broadband here reaches superfast speeds, based on recent Ofcom data.
According to recent data from Ofcom, Superfast broadband is available in the area.
Risk of Flooding
The flood risk here is rated very low, based on Environment Agency data.

