Melcroft, Mill Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QJ
About Melcroft
Melcroft is a four-bedroom detached house in Walpole Highway, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 7QJ). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 69). Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a conservatory and attached land beyond the plot.
At 134 m² the property is well over the postcode median (76 m² across 6 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 83% of similar EPCs). Last sale on file: £390,000 in January 2022. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £431,000 is 10.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£270/sq ft) was about 161.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2008.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
- ConservatoryYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- LandYes
Energy performance
Melcroft's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- May 2008RenovationFullIn report
Replacement of flat roof with pitched roof to existing annexe
- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 08/00711/F
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- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Melcroft was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£431,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 18 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
26 January 2022Most recent
£390,000
+65.3%over 14 years6 February 2007
£236,000
+9.8%over 10 months9 April 2006
£215,000
+20.8%over 1 year17 June 2004
£178,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE14 7QJ: £118,000 (2025–2014).
Nearby sales in PE14 7QJ
Cornse Cottage, Mill Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QJ
Sold Feb 2025
£198,0002 Bell Cottage, Mill Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QJ
Sold Apr 2018
£108,000Audley House, Mill Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QJ
Sold Nov 2016
£9,9873c, Mill Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QJ
Sold Mar 2013
£89,0003 Bell Cottage, Mill Road, Walpole Highway, Wisbech, PE14 7QJ
Sold Feb 2010
£70,000
Everything we know about Melcroft, 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 Mill Road homes
Price per m² for Melcroft runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,910
Street avg £1,850
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.2 km
Walpole Highway Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB