The Old Black Barn, Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR
About The Old Black Barn
The Old Black Barn is a detached house in Great Eversden, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 1HR). It has a recorded floor area of 377 m² (around 4058 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 2012 onwards. The latest certificate (December 2021) shows a C (score 73). Main heating runs on oil.
At 377 m² the property is well over the postcode median (164 m² across 22 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It changed hands recently, sold January 2025 for £1,425,000. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2016. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2015–2025, sale prices on this property compounded at 14% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 23.1% 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
Energy performance
The Old Black Barn's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Old Black Barn has a listed-building consent on record — alterations to a listed property are tightly controlled.
- Jun 2016ConversionHeritageIn report
Alterations and conversion of barn to residential unit (Revised scheme to that previously approved under application S/2170/13/LB)
- Agent
- Rider Sale Associates
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Listed- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2767/15/LB
What's in The Old Black Barn, Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on The Old Black Barn was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,545,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.0% per year over 10 years.
£1,425,000
Growth on file: 14.0% per year over 10 years.
Sales timeline
8 January 2025Most recent
£1,425,000
+9.8%over 8 years16 November 2016
£1,298,000
+220.5%over 1 year11 June 2015
£405,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 1HR: £445,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB23 1HR
8 Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR
Sold Oct 2025
£445,00042 Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR
Sold Mar 2025
£840,0002 Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR
Sold Sept 2024
£297,50011 Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR
Sold Oct 2022
£950,00040 Wimpole Road, Great Eversden, Cambridge, CB23 1HR
Sold Mar 2022
£397,448
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Versus other Wimpole Road homes
The Old Black Barn outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,780
Street avg £3,321
Floor Area
377 m²
Street avg 158 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.9 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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.
Closest school
2.9 km
Comberton Village College. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.9dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB