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About 8 Tenison Avenue
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
8 Tenison Avenue is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 2DY). It has a recorded floor area of 166 m² (around 1787 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced Cambridge HPI: 4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£784/sq ft) was about 96.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £1,400,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 4 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 2 is the typical count.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
- BasementYes
Building
- Period features
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
8 Tenison Avenue's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E42
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
11.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 8 Tenison Avenue, Cambridge, CB1 2DY, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
- Oct 2025Tree WorksTreesHave No Objection To
Field Maple - Reduce height by 1m, reduce spread on all sides by 1m to shape round
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,445,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 15 years.
Last sold (2022)
£1,400,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 15 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Tenison Avenue homes
Four headline reads against 10 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
8 Tenison Avenue is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£8,434
Street avg £7,073
Floor Area
166 m²
Street avg 172 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB1 2DY from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 27 points of interest in total.
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