51 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
About 51 Caxton End
51 Caxton End is a detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2SS). It has a recorded floor area of 274 m² (around 2949 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (March 2023) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.
Across 2002–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £1,669,000 is 11.5% below the 2023 sale of £1,885,000, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£639/sq ft) was about 127.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 274 m² the property is well over the postcode median (155 m² across 17 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2018. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold July 2023 for £1,885,000.
Know exactly what you're buying at 51 Caxton End
Before you offer, see what the listing won't tell you, the true value, the red flags and the full history.
Launch offer · save £5
Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
51 Caxton End's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
(T1) Cherry (dead) - fell to ground level (T2) Ash - remove two low branches to open view of pond and deadwood (T3) Maple - remove three low limbs to open view of pond and prune 3no. branches by 1m to liberate birches (T4) Greengage - remove one dead stem (T5) Ash - Crown lift to 5ms to improve shape and open view to pond (T6) Ash - Crown lift to 5ms to improve shape and open view to pond (T7) Maple - Crown lift to 5ms to improve shape and open view to pond (T8) Plum - prune by 0.5 - 1m to shape (T9) Ash - Remove three low branches to allow grass cutting access (T10) Horse Chestnut - Clean out crown and crown lift to 3ms over footpath (T11) Ash - Clean out crown and crown lift to 3ms over footpath (T12) - Maple - Clean out crown (T13) - Hawthorn hedge - reduce height by 1ft for more accessible maintenance
- Agent
- Dellar Tree Services
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1578/18/TC
What's in 51 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 51 Caxton End was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,669,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 21 years.
£1,885,000
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
20 July 2023Most recent
£1,885,000
+132.3%over 19 years21 November 2003
£811,500
+70.8%over 1 year28 February 2002
£475,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 2SS: £770,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB23 2SS
27 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Oct 2025
£560,00015 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Mar 2025
£780,00093 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Aug 2024
£1,100,00021 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Dec 2022
£770,00032 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Feb 2021
£500,000
Everything we know about 51 Caxton End, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
- Am I paying too much?
- Is something wrong with it?
- Is the agent's story true?
- Will it hold its value?

Versus other Caxton End homes
Price per m² for 51 Caxton End runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,880
Street avg £3,479
Floor Area
274 m²
Street avg 188 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 8.3 t/year
Similar properties nearby
1 Hardwick Road, Toft
CB23 2RQ
1 Church Road, Toft
CB23 2RH
1 The Fairways, Toft Road, Bourn
CB23 2TT
1 Fox Road, Bourn
CB23 2TU
1 Kingston Barns, Bourn Road, Kingston
CB23 2NP
1 Warboys Close, Toft
CB23 2RU
1 Short Street, Bourn
CB23 2SG
1 Glebe Close, Toft
CB23 2RR
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
0.4 km
Bourn CofE Primary Academy. 5 schools 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
43.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB