2 Kings Cottage, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge, CB25 9JE
About 2 Kings Cottage
2 Kings Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Horningsea, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB25 9JE). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 71). Main heating runs on electricity.
Held since August 2007 — that's 19 years off the open market, well above the local norm. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1998–2007, sale prices on this property compounded at 11% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £482,000 sits 89% above the 2007 sale of £255,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2013. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Risks
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EPC Rating
Planning history
2 Kings Cottage has an approved single-storey rear extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2013ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single & first floor rear extension
- Agent
- Neale Associates
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Documents
- 12 docs on file
- Reference
- S/0256/13/FL
What's in 2 Kings Cottage, Clayhithe Road, Horningsea, Cambridge, CB25 9JE's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
2 Kings Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1998.
£482,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 11.0% per year over 9 years.
£255,000
Growth on file: 11.0% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
30 August 2007Most recent
£255,000
+78.3%over 5 years25 October 2001
£143,000
+47.4%over 3 years14 May 1998
£97,000
Median price across the last 2 sales in CB25 9JE: £270,000 (2011–1998).
Nearby sales in CB25 9JE
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Versus other Clayhithe Road homes
Floor Area for 2 Kings Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
61 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 93 m²
CO₂ Emissions
1.7 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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.
Nearest stop
2.2 km
Waterbeach Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
2.0 km
Milton Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB