1 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
About 1 Boxworth Road
1 Boxworth Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 336 m² (around 3617 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a D (score 68), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 336 m² the property is well over the postcode median (143 m² across 19 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2009–2016, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £842,000 is 33.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£174/sq ft) was about 29.4% below the postcode norm. Last changed hands 10 years ago, in March 2016.
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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
- Bathrooms3
Energy performance
1 Boxworth Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 22 Jan 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Sept 2012ExtensionFullIn report
Extension to house (revised design) and erection of outbuilding following demolition of exising outbuildings and incorporation of adjacent land into the residential curtilage (retrospective application).
- Agent
- Cambridge Home Design
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0648/10/F
- Dec 2011ConditionsIn report
Discharge of condition 3 of application ref.S/0986/11.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Reference
- S/1910/11
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 1 Boxworth Road
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2009.
£842,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.5% per year over 6 years.
£630,000
Growth on file: 12.5% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
30 March 2016Most recent
£630,000
+27.3%over 2 years22 August 2013
£495,000
+65.0%over 3 years14 December 2009
£300,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 4JQ: £270,000 (2023–2019).
Nearby sales in CB23 4JQ
11 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold Dec 2023
£290,16060b, Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold Jun 2021
£601,10138 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold Feb 2019
£440,00055 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold Oct 2018
£2,550,0007 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold May 2018
£425,000
Everything we know about 1 Boxworth 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 Boxworth Road homes
On habitable rooms, 1 Boxworth Road stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,875
Street avg £3,026
Floor Area
336 m²
Street avg 168 m²
Habitable Rooms
11 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 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
0.6 km
Elsworth CofE VA Primary School. 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
44.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB