Smithy Cottage, Westhouse, Ingleton, Carnforth LA6 3NQ

Detached house · Built before 1900 · 59 m² · Unknown · Room heaters, coal

Upgrade Plan

GC for £31,525 · £7,881 a gradeGet upgrade quotes
MeasureGrantNet costSaving / yrPaybackGrade effect
Draughtproofing£80 – £120£1190.8 yrs+6.7 pts
Floor insulation£800 – £1,200£1427.1 yrs+8.0 pts · reaches F
High-performance doors£1,500 – £500£1138.8 yrs+6.4 pts
Flat roof insulation£850 – £1,500£10710.9 yrs+6.1 pts · reaches E
Wind turbine£1,500 – £4,000£11723.4 yrs+6.6 pts
Solar water heating£4,000 – £6,000£11045.5 yrs+6.2 pts
Solid wall insulation£4,000 – £14,000£15350+ yrs+8.6 pts · reaches D
Solar photovoltaic panels£9,000 – £14,000£13150+ yrs+7.4 pts · reaches C
Double glazing(optional, beyond C)£3,300 – £6,500£5150+ yrs+2.9 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

£1,854
per year at grade G
£810
per year at grade C

The full plan saves £993 a year — a 3.1% annual return on £31,525.

Energy costs as modelled on the certificate, not a bill. This fuel has too few recent certificates to restate at today's prices.

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
Ingleton Primary SchoolPrimary1.7 mi
Leck St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary2.3 mi
Bentham Community Primary SchoolPrimary2.9 mi
Queen Elizabeth SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 +0.37 · above average (2023/24)
Queen Elizabeth Studio SchoolSecondary4.9 miProgress 8 -0.48 · 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.

8.6
crimes a month
95
in the last 12 months
Violence and sexual offences
most common · 39% of the total

Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01027570, 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.