1 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ES
About 1 Cottenham Road
1 Cottenham Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Histon, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB24 9ES). It has a recorded floor area of 211 m² (around 2271 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2013) shows an E (score 42), 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 oil. The latest certificate is from June 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since July 1998 — that's 28 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. At 211 m² the property is well over the postcode median (105 m² across 43 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,142,000 sits 209.5% above the 1998 sale of £369,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£162/sq ft) was about 37.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 3 approved, 0 refused.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
Energy performance
1 Cottenham Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Jun 2023
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Aug 2012AmendmentIn report
Non-material amendment to planning permission reference S/0364/12/VC (Erection of a Dwelling) to allow the use of horizontal timber cladding and the installation of a flue.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- S/1661/12/NM
- May 2012FullIn report
Material amendments for the erection of a dwelling approved under Ref:S/1013/09/F with the addition of a planning condition specifying substitute drawings for approval.
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0364/12/VC
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Cottenham Road's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (1998).
£1,142,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£369,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
2 July 1998Most recent
£369,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB24 9ES: £520,000 (2025–2023).
Nearby sales in CB24 9ES
28 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ES
Sold Feb 2025
£422,00043 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ES
Sold Jan 2024
£710,00015a, Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ES
Sold Mar 2023
£520,00026 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ES
Sold Jan 2023
£520,00061 Cottenham Road, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ES
Sold Jan 2023
£625,000
Everything we know about 1 Cottenham Road, 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 Cottenham Road homes
1 Cottenham Road is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£1,749
Street avg £3,628
Floor Area
211 m²
Street avg 115 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 4.2 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
0.5 km
Histon and Impington Park Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.0dB