The Old Reading Room, The Street, Lidgate, Newmarket, CB8 9PP

The Old Reading Room is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Lidgate, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 9PP). It has a recorded floor area of 180 m² (around 1938 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The property has an EV charger on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since December 2014. Between certificates, window efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£325/sq ft) was about 16.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 7 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, tree works and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £630,000 in February 2024. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 180 m² it's 27.2% larger than the typical home in the postcode (142 m² median across 18 EPCs).