52 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8SA
About 52 High Street
52 High Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Cottenham, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 8SA). It has a recorded floor area of 163 m² (around 1755 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 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. The latest certificate (August 2013) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from August 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 163 m² the property is well over the postcode median (101 m² across 35 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2015–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.2% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£302/sq ft) was about 34.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £530,000. 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
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- DrivewayYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
52 High Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 27 Aug 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
A recent planning application at 52 High Street was refused — worth checking the council file.
- May 2024OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of single storey garage in rear garden (Resubmission of 24/00028/HFUL).
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 23 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/01139/HFUL
- Mar 2024OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of single storey garage in rear garden.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 29 docs on file
- Reference
- 24/00028/HFUL
We flagged 1 thing worth checking at 52 High Street
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£541,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.2% per year over 8 years.
£530,000
Growth on file: 4.2% per year over 8 years.
Sales timeline
27 October 2022Most recent
£530,000
+37.7%over 7 years19 February 2015
£385,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 8SA: £570,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB24 8SA
17 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8SA
Sold Jun 2025
£570,000Orchard Path, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8SA
Sold Jun 2025
£1,190,00049 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8SA
Sold Dec 2024
£318,00071a, High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8SA
Sold Oct 2023
£650,00028 High Street, Cottenham, Cambridge, CB24 8SA
Sold Oct 2023
£505,000
Everything we know about 52 High Street, 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 High Street homes
EPC Rating for 52 High Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,252
Street avg £3,193
Floor Area
163 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
1.2 km
Cottenham 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
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.2dB