Red Barn, Kirkbride, Wigton CA7 5HW

Detached house · Built 1900-1929 · 264 m² · Owner-Occupied · Air source heat pump, underfloor, electric

Upgrade Plan

DC for £20,500 · £20,500 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Floor insulation£4,000 – £6,000£35614.1 yrs+4.3 pts
Solar photovoltaic panels£5,000 – £8,000£32919.7 yrs+4.0 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£38523.4 yrs+4.7 pts · reaches C

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

£4,611
per year at grade D
£3,541
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £1,070 a year — a 5.2% annual return on £20,500.

Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2019, states £2,768 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.

Sold prices

No sale recorded for this address since 1995.

Schools nearby

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

SchoolPhaseDistanceProgress
Kirkbride Primary SchoolPrimary0.9 mi
Holm Cultram Abbey CofE Primary SchoolPrimary4.0 mi
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary4.6 mi
The Nelson Thomlinson SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.10 · average (2023/24)
Solway Community SchoolSecondary6.7 miProgress 8 -1.90 · well below average (2023/24)
Beacon Hill Community SchoolSecondary9.5 miProgress 8 -1.37 · well below 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.

7.8
crimes a month
70
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 61% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01019132, 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.