Old Carpenters Arms, Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA
About Old Carpenters Arms
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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageDouble
- Corner plotYes
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Old Carpenters Arms's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Old Carpenters Arms has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Jul 2017RenovationHeritageIn report
Installation of secondary glazing to side and rear windows
New Windows- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- UTT/17/1562/LB
- Dec 2016ConditionsIn 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
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1997.
£797,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.4% per year over 19 years.
£685,000
Growth on file: 7.4% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
29 March 2016Most recent
£685,000
+21.1%over 9 years10 November 2006
£565,600
+100.2%over 7 years26 August 1999
£282,500
+59.2%over 2 years20 March 1997
£177,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB11 4TA: £240,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CB11 4TA
26 Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA
Sold Dec 2024
£240,00024 Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA
Sold Apr 2024
£150,00022 Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA
Sold Jul 2023
£160,000Riverside Cottage, Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA
Sold Jun 2022
£950,000Mulberry Cottage, Walden Road, Littlebury, Saffron Walden, CB11 4TA
Sold Oct 2019
£540,000
Everything we know about Old Carpenters Arms, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Walden Road homes
On co₂ emissions, Old Carpenters Arms runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,567
Street avg £3,304
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 104 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.4dB