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Old Carpenters Arms, Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA

Listed building4 sales on record6 planning records
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
150 m²
1615 sq ft
Energy rating
E
Score 44
Council tax
Band G
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Old Carpenters Arms

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Old Carpenters Arms is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Littlebury, Saffron Walden, Saffron Walden (CB11 4TA). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot and a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (December 2016) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.

At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (75 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in March 2016. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 6 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £797,000 is 16.4% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£424/sq ft) was about 63.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode.

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

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

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • GarageDouble
  • Corner plotYes
  • Cul-de-sacYes

Building

  • Listed buildingYes
  • Period featuresYes
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Old Carpenters Arms's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
E
E44
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
9.8 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Old Carpenters Arms, Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Old Carpenters Arms has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.

  1. Jul 2017
    RenovationHeritage
    In report

    Installation of secondary glazing to side and rear windows

    New Windows
    Documents
    11 docs on file
    Reference
    UTT/17/1562/LB
    View planning record
  2. Dec 2016
    Conditions
    In report

    Application to discharge conditions 2(secondary glazing) and 3(guttering) attached to UTT/16/2521/LB dated 20.10.2016.

    Documents
    6 docs on file
    Reference
    UTT/16/3547/DOC
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.

Current estimate

£797,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 19 years.

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Last sold (2016)

£685,000

Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 19 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 29 March 2016Most recent

    £685,000

    +21.1%over 9 years
  2. 10 November 2006

    £565,600

    +100.2%over 7 years
  3. 26 August 1999

    £282,500

    +59.2%over 2 years
  4. 20 March 1997

    £177,500

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4TA: £240,000 (2024–2019).

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On the street

Versus other Walden Road homes

Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

On co₂ emissions, Old Carpenters Arms runs well behind the street norm.

Price per m²

£4,567

Street avg £3,304

Strongly above

Floor Area

150 m²

Street avg 104 m²

Above

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 4 rooms

Strongly above

CO₂ Emissions

9.8 t/year

Street avg 6.1 t/year

Strongly below
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Saffron Walden district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Cambridge Road — bus stop.

Closest school

2.2 km

St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School. 5 schools nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB11 4TA from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB11 4TA

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

49.7dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB11 4TA

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

41.4dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

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