161a, Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2ST
About 161a
161a is a four-bedroom detached house in Bourn, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 2ST). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2019) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, a porch and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2001–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£560/sq ft) was about 131.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £850,000 in March 2020.
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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
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- StudyYes
Outside
- Garagedetached
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
161a's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
161a has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Dec 2010PorchFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor extension over existing rear porch and replacement of ground floor rear window with doors.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
ExtensionNew Windows- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1911/10
What's in 161a, Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2ST's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
161a has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2001.
£914,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 19 years.
£850,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
13 March 2020Most recent
£850,000
+31.8%over 12 years30 September 2007
£645,000
+126.3%over 6 years25 June 2001
£285,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 2ST: £312,000 (2025–2017).
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£770,000157 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2ST
Sold Jul 2023
£160,000Willow Barn, Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2ST
Sold Nov 2022
£1,250,000151 Caxton End, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2ST
Sold Mar 2017
£312,000
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Versus other Caxton End homes
Price per m² for 161a runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,028
Street avg £3,642
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.4 t/year
Street avg 7.0 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
0.8 km
Bourn CofE Primary Academy. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.6dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB