Swallows Rest, Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
About Swallows Rest
Swallows Rest is a detached house in Prickwillow, Ely, Ely (CB7 4UT). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 64). Main heating runs on lpg.
At 110 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 16 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2023. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Swallows Rest sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Swallows Rest has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Mar 2023ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed single storey side extension and internal alterations
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 23/00119/FUL
We flagged 2 things worth checking at Swallows Rest
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- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Swallows Rest has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£411,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in CB7 4UT: £450,000 (2024–2021).
Nearby sales in CB7 4UT
58 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Oct 2024
£10,00060 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Mar 2022
£510,00048 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Jun 2021
£405,000Margoltom, Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Jun 2021
£675,00044 Old Bank, Prickwillow, Ely, CB7 4UT
Sold Mar 2021
£397,000
Everything we know about Swallows Rest, 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
- Environmental risk flagged
Versus other Old Bank homes
On epc rating, Swallows Rest runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
46 (E)
Street avg 71 (C)
Floor Area
110 m²
Street avg 139 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.8 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.7dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.3dB