1 Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA
About 1 Comberton Road
1 Comberton Road is a six-bedroom detached house in Barton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 7BA). It has a recorded floor area of 68 m² (around 732 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a G (score 15), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 59), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since February 1996, a hold of 30 years that's notably long for the area. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 68 m² it sits well below the postcode median (205 m² across 23 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 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. Today's modelled estimate of £1,012,000 sits 181.1% above the 1996 sale of £360,000.
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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
Energy performance
1 Comberton Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
1 Comberton Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Comberton Road has been held in the same hands since before 2000.
£1,012,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£360,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
7 February 1996Most recent
£360,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 7BA: £1,275,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in CB23 7BA
5a, Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA
Sold Jun 2023
£575,0009a, Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA
Sold Nov 2022
£1,400,0004 Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA
Sold Nov 2022
£2,610,0002 The Paddocks, Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA
Sold Mar 2022
£1,250,0003 The Paddocks, Comberton Road, Barton, Cambridge, CB23 7BA
Sold Mar 2022
£1,275,000
Everything we know about 1 Comberton 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 Comberton Road homes
1 Comberton Road is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£5,294
Street avg £4,767
Floor Area
68 m²
Street avg 211 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.7 t/year
Street avg 7.5 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
0.4 km
Barton CofE VA Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB