26 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF
About 26 Chestnut Rise
26 Chestnut Rise is a two-bedroom detached house in Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB23 8TF). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1983-1990 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (December 2017) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
At 59 m² it sits well below the postcode median (98 m² across 19 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2019–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£496/sq ft) was about 111.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £315,000 in November 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
26 Chestnut Rise has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
- Apr 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey rear and single storey side extensions
- Agent
- Martin Cowling Architect Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00751/HFUL
- Feb 2021ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Two storey rear and single storey side extensions
- Agent
- Martin Cowling Architect Ltd
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- 21/00751/HFUL
What's in 26 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£329,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.6% per year over 3 years.
£315,000
Growth on file: 8.6% per year over 3 years.
Sales timeline
9 November 2021Most recent
£315,000
+23.5%over 2 years14 April 2019
£255,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB23 8TF: £367,500 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB23 8TF
25 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF
Sold Feb 2025
£200,00017 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF
Sold Jun 2024
£385,00038 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF
Sold Jan 2024
£367,50035 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF
Sold Dec 2023
£337,50022 Chestnut Rise, Bar Hill, Cambridge, CB23 8TF
Sold Jan 2023
£370,000
Everything we know about 26 Chestnut Rise, in one report
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Versus other Chestnut Rise homes
EPC Rating for 26 Chestnut Rise lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,339
Street avg £3,112
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 95 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 3.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.6 km
Bar Hill Community Primary School. 2 schools 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
55.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.3dB