Barn Croft, Blencarn, Penrith CA10 1TX

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 86 m² · Owner-Occupied · Room heaters, electric

Upgrade Plan

GB for £27,175 · £5,435 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
High-retention storage heaters£1,600 – £2,400£1,6551.2 yrs+20.0 pts
Room-in-roof insulation£1,500 – £2,700£1,1591.8 yrs+14.0 pts · reaches F
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£6381.8 yrs+7.7 pts · reaches E
Floor insulation£800 – £6,000£8404.0 yrs+10.1 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£7775.8 yrs+9.4 pts · reaches D
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£6527.7 yrs+7.9 pts · reaches C
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£9089.9 yrs+11.0 pts · reaches B

Grants verified 20 August 2026. Costs are the register’s indicative ranges. Savings are restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. Points per measure are estimated from 19.9 million certificates and rescaled to this home’s own certificate delta; the total is the register’s figure.

Running costs

£8,118
per year at grade G
£1,489
per year at grade B

The full plan saves £6,629 a year — a 24.4% annual return on £27,175.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2023, states £9,149 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Pennine View: 3 sales since 1995 · £165,000 average over 10 years

Schools nearby

The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Milburn SchoolPrimary1.6 mi
Culgaith CofE SchoolPrimary1.8 mi
Temple Sowerby CofE Primary SchoolPrimary3.1 mi
Appleby Grammar SchoolSecondary6.9 miProgress 8 +0.01 · average (2023/24)

Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.

Area context

Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.

4.8
crimes a month
43
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 47% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019314, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Pennine View

How this home sits against its street.

33
graded homes
48.5
average score
E
most common grade
-47.5
this home vs street
Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.