The Archways, High Head Castle, Carlisle CA4 0PN

Mid-Terrace house · Built before 1900 · 232 m² · Owner-Occupied · Boiler and radiators, oil

Upgrade Plan

FC for £26,000 · £8,667 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Band A condensing boiler£2,200 – £3,000£3756.9 yrs+6.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£3,500 – £5,500£5658.0 yrs+9.5 pts · reaches E
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£47410.6 yrs+7.9 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£66013.6 yrs+11.1 pts · reaches D
Double glazing£3,300 – £6,500£22122.2 yrs+3.7 pts · reaches C
Wind turbine(optional, beyond C)£15,000 – £25,000£50639.5 yrs+8.5 pts

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

£5,236
per year at grade F
£2,436
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £2,294 a year — a 8.8% annual return on £26,000.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2022, states £3,225 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

26 March 2001£155,000
23 August 1996£71,000

Estimated today: £634,904 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Ivegill CofE SchoolPrimary1.0 mi
Raughton Head CofE School & NurseryPrimary1.9 mi
Stoneraise SchoolPrimary3.8 mi
Caldew SchoolSecondary4.7 miProgress 8 -0.19 · average (2023/24)
St John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolSecondary6.0 miProgress 8 -0.69 · well below average (2023/24)
Richard Rose Morton AcademySecondary7.0 miProgress 8 +0.06 · 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.

3.6
crimes a month
29
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 55% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019338, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.

Energy data © Crown copyright, EPB Register© HM Land Registry, OGL v3We grade homes, never neighbourhoods.