Are you a property professional?Get qualified leads from motivated homeowners.
Get startedTop Cottage, Queen Street, Cowlinge, Newmarket, CB8 9QB
3 sales on record
About Top Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Top Cottage is a two-bedroom detached house in Cowlinge, Newmarket, Newmarket (CB8 9QB). It has a recorded floor area of 107 m² (around 1152 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2013) shows an E (score 52), 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. The latest certificate is from February 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £419,000 sits 67.6% above the 2014 sale of £250,000. 12 years since the last transfer (January 2014).
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
- Bedrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Top Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Feb 2023
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has at least doubled since 1996.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£419,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.5% per year over 17 years.
Last sold (2014)
£250,000
Growth on file: 5.5% per year over 17 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.
On epc rating, Top Cottage stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£2,336
Street avg £3,686
Floor Area
107 m²
Street avg 180 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Newmarket district page.
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
Curated scenic spots within reach of this postcode, served by Beautifulplaces.ai. Photography and tagging come from their open dataset.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about Top Cottage, Queen Street, Cowlinge, Newmarket, CB8 9QB. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.