17 Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
About 17 Ascham Road
17 Ascham Road is a semi-detached house in Cambridge (CB4 2BD). It has a recorded floor area of 171 m² (around 1841 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2024) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average.
Held since April 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 171 m² the property is well over the postcode median (69 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Today's modelled estimate of £824,000 sits 586.7% above the 1998 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£65/sq ft) was about 86.8% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Energy performance
17 Ascham Road ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
Certificate validity
Valid until 3 December 2034
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Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
2 applications on record at 17 Ascham Road, Cambridge, CB4 2BD
- Apr 2004Loft ConversionFullOutcome in report
Loft conversion incorporating side and rear dormers.
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- C/04/0212
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionSept 2020Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 17 Ascham Road was the lowest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£824,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£120,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
29 April 1998Most recent
£120,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB4 2BD: £500,000 (2023–2018).
Nearby sales in CB4 2BD
Versus other Ascham Road homes
On price per m², 17 Ascham Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£702
Street avg £5,825
Floor Area
171 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.2 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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Crime
411/mo
Falling year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.2 km
Cambridge North Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.0 km
Milton Road Primary School. 23 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.0dB






