4 Cage Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0JS
About 4 Cage Hill
4 Cage Hill is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 0JS). It has a recorded floor area of 94 m² (around 1012 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (May 2020) shows an F (score 27), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2009. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 100), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 94 m² it's 25.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (127 m² median across 16 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £342,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2020. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1997–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 74.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
Building
- Listed buildingYes
- Heating systemoil
Energy performance
4 Cage Hill sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Window efficiency improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
4 Cage Hill has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2020ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
First floor side extension
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00310/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
4 Cage Hill has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£372,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 24 years.
£342,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
29 October 2020Most recent
£342,000
+11.2%over 4 years15 December 2015
£307,500
+35.5%over 5 years23 December 2009
£227,000
+138.9%over 11 years29 July 1998
£95,000
+97.9%over 1 year12 June 1997
£48,000
-43.5%25 February 1997
£85,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB25 0JS: £379,000 (2024–2019).
Nearby sales in CB25 0JS
10 Cage Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0JS
Sold May 2024
£405,00031 Cage Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0JS
Sold Oct 2022
£340,00032 Cage Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0JS
Sold Apr 2021
£485,00029 Cage Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0JS
Sold Sept 2019
£362,5006 Cage Hill, Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, CB25 0JS
Sold Apr 2018
£191,000
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Cage Hill homes
4 Cage Hill is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,638
Street avg £2,699
Floor Area
94 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.4 t/year
Street avg 6.1 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.3 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
47.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB