1 Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JF
About 1 Smeeth Road
1 Smeeth Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Marshland St. James, Wisbech, Wisbech (PE14 8JF). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows an E (score 44), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2014. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 74), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe, outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
Untraded for 21 years, with the last transfer in November 2005. At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (121 m² across 62 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 1996–2005, sale prices on this property compounded at 16.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £496,000 sits 63.2% above the 2005 sale of £304,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£167/sq ft) was about 15.2% 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
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- OutbuildingsYes
- LandYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
1 Smeeth Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Wall insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Planning history
- Mar 2008FullIn report
Erection of stable block
- Documents
- 17 docs on file
- Reference
- 07/02471/F
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Smeeth Road
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Larger development activity nearby
- Environmental risk flagged
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Sales history & valuation
Price for 1 Smeeth Road has grown more than fourfold since the 1996 starting point.
£496,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 16.8% per year over 9 years.
£304,000
Growth on file: 16.8% per year over 9 years.
Sales timeline
11 November 2005Most recent
£304,000
+316.4%over 9 years3 September 1996
£73,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in PE14 8JF: £340,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in PE14 8JF
87 Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JF
Sold Sept 2025
£475,000116b, Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JF
Sold May 2025
£170,000131 Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JF
Sold May 2025
£480,00068 Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JF
Sold Feb 2025
£325,00031 Smeeth Road, Marshland St James, Wisbech, PE14 8JF
Sold Mar 2024
£340,000
Everything we know about 1 Smeeth Road, 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 Smeeth Road homes
CO₂ Emissions for 1 Smeeth Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£1,799
Street avg £1,897
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 122 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
1.5 km
Marshland St James Primary and Nursery School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB