1 Emery Street, Cambridge, CB1 2AX
About 1 Emery Street
1 Emery Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 2AX). It has a recorded floor area of 93 m² (around 1001 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2014) shows an F (score 38), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. The latest certificate is from March 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. At 93 m² it's 17% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (112 m² median across 31 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £671,000 sits 187.4% above the 2002 sale of £233,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£233/sq ft) was about 22.4% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
Energy performance
1 Emery Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Mar 2024
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 Emery Street has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
4 applications on record at 1 Emery Street, Cambridge, CB1 2AX
- Sept 2011Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 - Yew: crown reduction 4 - 5 ft due to excessive shading and to reduce interference to neighbours fence and garden.T2 - Laburnum: crown reduction 4 - 5 ft to neaten and allow light back in
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 11/289/TTCA
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksDec 2023Decision
- ExtensionJun 2020Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
1 Emery Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£671,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£233,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 July 2002Most recent
£233,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 2AX: £780,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CB1 2AX
Versus other Emery Street homes
EPC Rating for 1 Emery Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,511
Street avg £5,784
Floor Area
93 m²
Street avg 113 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 5.6 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.8 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.4 km
Cambridge Maths School. 30 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB







