2 Elm Barns, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8DB
About 2 Elm Barns
2 Elm Barns is a four-bedroom mid-terrace house in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 8DB). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band F. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (August 2021) shows a C (score 73). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 84).
Last sale on file: £760,000 in November 2021. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6% per year.
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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
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2025Tree WorksTreesIn report
T1: Sycamore - Cut back over hanging branches to boundary line (approx. 1.5m)
- Agent
- Legge Services Limited - T/A Greenland
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/0076/TTCA
- Jun 2022Garage ConversionFullIn report
Part garage conversion to create a workshop.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 16 docs on file
- Reference
- 22/00702/HFUL
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Sales history & valuation
2 Elm Barns has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£749,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.0% per year over 24 years.
£760,000
Growth on file: 6.0% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
3 November 2021Most recent
£760,000
+82.7%over 17 years1 November 2004
£416,000
+51.3%over 3 years5 April 2001
£275,000
+18.3%over 1 year7 October 1999
£232,500
+22.7%over 1 year5 November 1997
£189,500
Median price across the last 4 sales in CB24 8DB: £254,250 (2017–1997).
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- Larger development activity nearby

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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
0.1 km
Cottenham Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.7dB