16 Lower End, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0HT
About 16 Lower End
16 Lower End is a three-bedroom detached house in Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 0HT). It has a recorded floor area of 90 m² (around 969 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (April 2021) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. When first surveyed in April 2021 the rating was G, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 90 m² it sits well below the postcode median (160 m² across 22 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £396,000 is 16.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£351/sq ft) was about 40.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £340,000 in June 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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- Parkingoff_road
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
16 Lower End's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
Planning history
16 Lower End has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
6applications of note in the surrounding area
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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.
£396,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£340,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 June 2021Most recent
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 0HT: £615,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB25 0HT
43 Lower End, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0HT
Sold Nov 2024
£884,7002 Lower End, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0HT
Sold Feb 2024
£525,00014 Lower End, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0HT
Sold Sept 2021
£685,0008 Lower End, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0HT
Sold Jun 2021
£615,00040a, Lower End, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0HT
Sold May 2021
£567,500
Everything we know about 16 Lower End, 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 Lower End homes
Habitable Rooms for 16 Lower End lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,778
Street avg £3,434
Floor Area
90 m²
Street avg 203 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.0 t/year
Street avg 9.5 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.5 km
Swaffham Prior Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB