53 Mowbray Road, Cambridge, CB1 7SR
About 53 Mowbray Road
53 Mowbray Road is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB1 7SR). It has a recorded floor area of 122 m² (around 1313 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (July 2015) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since January 2015. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). The latest certificate is from July 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 122 m² the property is well over the postcode median (86 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2022. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1998–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.1% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £670,000 is 18.1% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£432/sq ft) was about 73.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold June 2021 for £567,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 23 Jul 2025
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Wall insulation improved
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Level 3 Building Survey
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Planning history
53 Mowbray Road has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
1 application on record at 53 Mowbray Road, Cambridge, CB1 7SR
- Feb 2022ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension.
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/05373/HFUL
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Sales history & valuation
53 Mowbray Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£670,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.1% per year over 23 years.
£567,500
Growth on file: 8.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
27 June 2021Most recent
£567,500
+516.8%over 23 years23 January 1998
£92,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB1 7SR: £482,000 (2024–2016).
Nearby sales in CB1 7SR
Versus other Mowbray Road homes
Years Held for 53 Mowbray Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,652
Street avg £3,648
Floor Area
122 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.8 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
1.7 km
Cambridge Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.3 km
Queen Edith Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.0dB







