1 Bourn Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB23 3PP
About 1 Bourn Road
1 Bourn Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Caxton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 3PP). It has a recorded floor area of 284 m² (around 3057 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2023) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 75), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 284 m² the property is well over the postcode median (211 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2011–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.5% per year. Last sale on file: £825,000 in October 2023.
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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
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
1 Bourn Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Bourn Road has multiple listed-building consents on file — alterations need formal heritage approval.
- May 2018ConditionsIn report
Conditions 3 (Precise details) & 4 (materials) of listed building consent S/0775/16/LB
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Listed- Documents
- 4 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1955/18/DC
- Apr 2017ConditionsIn report
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Window Doors and Cill details) 4 (Materials) of Listed Building Consent S/0775/16/LB
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Listed- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0264/17/DC
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Sales history & valuation
1 Bourn Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£784,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 12 years.
£825,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 12 years.
Sales timeline
3 October 2023Most recent
£825,000
+51.4%over 12 years21 July 2011
£545,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 3PP: £990,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in CB23 3PP
32 Bourn Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB23 3PP
Sold Jul 2024
£990,14635 Bourn Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB23 3PP
Sold Oct 2023
£1,400,00015 Bourn Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB23 3PP
Sold Jun 2023
£990,00020 Bourn Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB23 3PP
Sold Mar 2022
£450,00023 Bourn Road, Caxton, Cambridge, CB23 3PP
Sold Mar 2020
£575,000
Everything we know about 1 Bourn Road, 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 Bourn Road homes
On epc rating, 1 Bourn Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,905
Street avg £3,383
Floor Area
284 m²
Street avg 247 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
13.0 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.
Closest school
1.5 km
Cambourne Village College. 5 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.3dB