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About Walnut Tree Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Walnut Tree Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Lidgate, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 9PP). It has a recorded floor area of 183 m² (around 1970 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (March 2018) shows an E (score 43), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. At 183 m² it's 29.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (142 m² median across 18 EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £625,000 is 21.4% above the 2018 sale price. Most recent transfer: August 2018 at £515,000.
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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Walnut Tree Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E43
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
10.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Walnut Tree Cottage, The Street, Lidgate, Newmarket, CB8 9PP, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history at Walnut Tree Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
- Apr 2026Tree WorksTreesNo objections
Trees in a conservation area notification - a. one Walnut (T1 on plan), one Prunus (T3 on plan) and one Crab apple (T4 on plan) fell b. one Plum (T2 on plan) height reduction by two metres c. two Plum (T5 on plan) overall crown reduction by one metre
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Walnut Tree Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£625,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2018)
£515,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Versus other The Street homes
Four headline reads against 18 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Walnut Tree Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£2,814
Street avg £3,337
Floor Area
183 m²
Street avg 186 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
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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.
Nearest stop
0.5 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB8 9PP from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.8dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 9 points of interest in total.
Beautiful places to visit nearby
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