Lavender Cottage, High Street, Boxworth, Cambridge, CB23 4LY
About Lavender Cottage
Lavender Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Boxworth, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 4LY). It has a recorded floor area of 167 m² (around 1798 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The property has solar panels and underfloor heating on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. It has already been extended once and our model flags further extension potential, a sign of buyer flexibility. The latest certificate (November 2017) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76). Main heating runs on oil.
Untraded for 18 years, with the last transfer in September 2008. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. 3 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £636,000 is 46.2% above the 2008 sale price.
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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
Building
- Underfloor heatingYes
- Solar panelsYes
- Previously extendedYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
Lavender Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Lavender Cottage has 3 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Apr 2024ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension including a balustrade and air source heat pump to the rear.
- Agent
- Braeburn Structures Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00665/HFUL
- Jan 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey · Rear of property
Two storey rear extension
- Agent
- Braeburn Structures Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 20 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/04828/HFUL
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£636,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£435,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
25 September 2008Most recent
£435,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 4LY: £627,500 (2024–2018).
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Sold Nov 2023
£850,000Rose Cottage, High Street, Boxworth, Cambridge, CB23 4LY
Sold Aug 2020
£627,500Pages Farm, High Street, Boxworth, Cambridge, CB23 4LY
Sold Jan 2020
£480,000Plashes, High Street, Boxworth, Cambridge, CB23 4LY
Sold Aug 2015
£450,000
Everything we know about Lavender Cottage, 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 High Street homes
Lavender Cottage outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,605
Street avg £2,771
Floor Area
167 m²
Street avg 156 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 6.8 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.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB