38 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
About 38 Boxworth Road
38 Boxworth Road is a three-bedroom detached house in Elsworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4JQ). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2024) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 111 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (145 m² median across 19 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. 9 planning records sit against the property, 7 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £589,000 is 33.9% above the 2019 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 58.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £440,000 in February 2019.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms3
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Previously extendedYes
Energy performance
38 Boxworth Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
38 Boxworth Road has been through 7 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Mar 2024RenovationHeritageIn report
Installation of secondary glazing to rear of property to mirror front, secondary glazing to mirror line of existing windows
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
New Windows- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00139/LBC
- Sept 2023RenovationHeritageIn report
Installation of secondary glazing to front four windows - Installed inside to match the mirror line of the windows
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
New Windows- Documents
- 15 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/02633/LBC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
38 Boxworth Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£589,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£440,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
28 February 2019Most recent
£440,000
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
£601,10155 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold Oct 2018
£2,550,0007 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold May 2018
£425,00054 Boxworth Road, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JQ
Sold Nov 2017
£675,000
Everything we know about 38 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
EPC Rating for 38 Boxworth Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,964
Street avg £2,852
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 6.5 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