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Swimming pool
About The Old Vicarage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
The Old Vicarage is a five-bedroom detached house in Cowlinge, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 9QB). It has a recorded floor area of 311 m² (around 3348 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. Other recorded features include notable views, a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows an F (score 34), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,414,000 is 19.2% below the 2023 sale of £1,750,000, below the original sale price, which typically signals condition or completion-status changes worth verifying. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£523/sq ft) was about 167.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 311 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. One planning record on file: an extension refused in 2023. Most recent transfer: February 2023 at £1,750,000.
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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
The Old Vicarage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
F
F34
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Poor
Windows
Very Poor
CO2 Emissions
18.0 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against The Old Vicarage, Queen Street, Cowlinge, Newmarket, CB8 9QB, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A a single-storey side extension application was refused at The Old Vicarage in 2023.
- Aug 2023ExtensionFullWithdrawn
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Householder planning application - single storey side extension to existing cart lodge
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Latest sale on The Old Vicarage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£1,414,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2023)
£1,750,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Queen Street homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
Price per m² for The Old Vicarage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,627
Street avg £3,138
Floor Area
311 m²
Street avg 151 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around CB8 9QB from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB
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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