16 High Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QU
About 16 High Street
16 High Street is a semi-detached house in Swavesey, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 4QU). It has a recorded floor area of 140 m² (around 1507 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump.
At 140 m² the property is well over the postcode median (80 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 81% of similar EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£332/sq ft) was about 66.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £500,000. 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
Energy performance
16 High Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
16 High Street has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£544,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£500,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 October 2022Most recent
£500,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 4QU: £325,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in CB24 4QU
29 High Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QU
Sold Jul 2025
£325,00054 High Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QU
Sold May 2025
£420,0006 High Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QU
Sold Dec 2024
£320,00072 High Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QU
Sold Jul 2024
£304,5001 High Street, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4QU
Sold Jul 2024
£625,000
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Versus other High Street homes
CO₂ Emissions for 16 High Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,571
Street avg £3,259
Floor Area
140 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.1 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
Swavesey Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB