The Old Rectory, Main Street, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NU
About The Old Rectory
The Old Rectory is a detached house in Caldecote, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 7NU). It has a recorded floor area of 323 m² (around 3477 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (March 2024) shows an E (score 53), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.
It hasn't traded since March 2001, a hold of 25 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 323 m² the property is well over the postcode median (152 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £1,653,000 sits 139.6% above the 2001 sale of £690,000. 25 planning records sit against the property, 22 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
The Old Rectory's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Apr 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1 - Multi stem Ash x17ms: reduce to provide clearance to adjacent Wellingtonia of 1.5ms and remove limb east at 2ms T2 - Three Ash x18ms: raise over garden side only to 4ms
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0247/TTCA
- Oct 2023RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of an oil fired central heating and hot water boiler and oil tank with an air source heat pump.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 18 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/03053/HFUL
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Sales history & valuation
The Old Rectory valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£1,653,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£690,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
1 March 2001Most recent
£690,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 7NU: £630,000 (2018–2007).
Nearby sales in CB23 7NU
Manor Farm, Main Street, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NU
Sold May 2018
£1,797,800Woodview, Main Street, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NU
Sold Mar 2016
£630,000The Barn, Main Street, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NU
Sold Oct 2012
£950,00010 Main Street, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NU
Sold Mar 2007
£305,000Woodside, Main Street, Caldecote, Cambridge, CB23 7NU
Sold Nov 1998
£182,500
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Main Street homes
On habitable rooms, The Old Rectory stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
53 (E)
Street avg 53 (E)
Floor Area
323 m²
Street avg 204 m²
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 9.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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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
Caldecote Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.4dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.3dB