47a, City Road, Cambridge, CB1 1DP
About 47a
47a is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2017) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
Held since November 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 93 m² it's 19.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (78 m² median across 36 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £626,000 sits 421.7% above the 1998 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£120/sq ft) was about 64.3% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
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Energy performance
47a sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
47a has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
47a's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£626,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
27 November 1998Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 1DP: £250,000 (2024–2019).
Versus other City Road homes
On epc rating, 47a runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,290
Street avg £5,214
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.4 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.2 km
Parkside Community College. 27 schools nearby.
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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.6dB