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17 Peterhouse Mews, High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1UW

4 sales on record
Property type
End terrace
Floor 02
Bedroom
1
Floor area
53 m²
570 sq ft
Energy rating
C
Score 72
Council tax
Band B
Tenure
Private Rental
Overview

About 17 Peterhouse Mews

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

17 Peterhouse Mews is a one-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Chesterton, Cambridge, Cambridge (CB4 1UW). It has a recorded floor area of 53 m² (around 570 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows a C (score 72). The rating has held steady at C across 2 certificates since June 2009. Between certificates, main heating went from Poor to Average; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 81). Main heating runs on electricity. At 53 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 14 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 49–94 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B across 14 units on file.

Last sale on file: £265,000 in September 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.4% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£465/sq ft) was about 94.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 53 m² it's 24.3% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (70 m² median across 13 EPCs).

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Valuation

against the asking price

Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms1
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
May 2022

EPC Rating

A
B
C
C72
D
E
F
G
Main Heating
Electric
Main Fuel
Electric
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
2.8 t/year
Occupancy
Rented
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 17 Peterhouse Mews, High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1UW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

17 Peterhouse Mews has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

32applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£261,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.4% per year over 20 years.

See how we calculated this
Last sold (2022)

£265,000

Growth on file: 3.4% per year over 20 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 15 September 2022Most recent

    £265,000

    +51.4%over 11 years
  2. 27 April 2011

    £175,000

    -14.6%over 3 years
  3. 29 May 2007

    £205,000

    +51.9%over 5 years
  4. 28 March 2002

    £134,995

Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 1UW: £310,000 (2024–2014).

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  • Signs of HMO activity in the area
  • Larger development activity nearby
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On the street

Versus other Peterhouse Mews homes

Four headline reads against 8 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

17 Peterhouse Mews outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£5,000

Street avg £2,944

Strongly above

Floor Area

53 m²

Street avg 74 m²

Strongly below

Habitable Rooms

2 rooms

Street avg 3 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

2.8 t/year

Street avg 3.1 t/year

Above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Cambridge district page.

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

7/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

1.1 km

Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.

Closest school

0.3 km

Chesterton Primary School. 26 schools nearby.

Go deeper on the local area

The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB4 1UW from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for CB4 1UW

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

48.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for CB4 1UW

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

Common questions

The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 17 Peterhouse Mews, High Street, Chesterton, Cambridge, CB4 1UW. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.