81 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
About 81 Caxton End
81 Caxton End is a detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2SS). It has a recorded floor area of 197 m² (around 2120 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2015) shows an F (score 31), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 197 m² it's 27.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (155 m² median across 17 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
81 Caxton End sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 18 Jan 2025
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jul 2025AnnexFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Conversion of an existing barn including a single storey extension, adjustments to external windows and doors, new rooflights, and replacement of timber cladding to match existing to a one bed annexe for use incidental to the main dwelling.
- Agent
- CLAD Studio
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Extension- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/02178/HFUL
- Oct 2018Tree WorksTreesIn report
(T1) Elm - remove to ground level. This tree is a poor specimen and removing it will improve growing conditions for the Elms either side. (T2) 8x Leylandii - remove to ground level. These trees are too large for their location and we have recommended to remove and replant with a native species.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 3 docs on file
- Reference
- S/3470/18/TC
What's in 81 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
81 Caxton End has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£687,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 2SS: £780,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in CB23 2SS
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Sold Mar 2025
£780,00093 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Aug 2024
£1,100,00051 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Jul 2023
£1,885,00021 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SS
Sold Dec 2022
£770,000
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Versus other Caxton End homes
81 Caxton End is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
31 (F)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
197 m²
Street avg 193 m²
CO₂ Emissions
14.0 t/year
Street avg 8.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
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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
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