42 Tenison Road, Cambridge, CB1 2DW
About 42 Tenison Road
42 Tenison Road is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Cambridge (CB1 2DW). It has a recorded floor area of 192 m² (around 2067 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (June 2014) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from June 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 192 m² the property is well over the postcode median (110 m² across 48 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count. Most recent transfer: May 2024 at £1,195,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include HMO conversion and change of use to residential, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2024, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£578/sq ft) was about 121.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
42 Tenison Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Jun 2024
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Expired on 3 June 2024
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Planning history
4 applications on record at 42 Tenison Road, Cambridge, CB1 2DW
- Jan 2001HMOFullOutcome in report
Change of use of Home in Multiple Occupation (sui generis) to residential dwelling (Class C3).
Change of Use- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- C/00/1105
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksSept 2025Decision
- Tree WorksJul 2019Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 42 Tenison Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,202,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 23 years.
£1,195,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
29 May 2024Most recent
£1,195,000
+107.5%over 17 years11 January 2007
£576,000
+77.2%over 5 years20 June 2001
£325,000
+8.3%22 January 2001
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 2DW: £632,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB1 2DW
Versus other Tenison Road homes
On floor area, 42 Tenison Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£6,224
Street avg £4,109
Floor Area
192 m²
Street avg 112 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.6 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
334/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Cambridge Maths School. 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
50.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.0dB







