SG17 5PF
Last sold £495,000 in April 2003
2, Rectory Road, Shefford
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 8 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,293 sq ft / 213 sq m
- EPC rating
- B
- Elevation
- About 44m — higher than about 60% of homes in Shefford
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Price history in context
- Apr 2003 — £495,000 · +25.3% · 8 pts behind the UK market
- Jun 2001 — £395,000
What this home might be worth today
£1,124,000
Estimate range £1,067,000–£1,180,000
+127.0% since April 2003 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 15 nearby sales within two years · 8-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Campton Academy 2-min walk
- Shefford Lower School 19-min walk
- Arlesey station 6.1km
- Lower Alders 640m
- The coast (coastline) 42.1km
- Lake 1.1km
- Pond 193m
- River Ivel Navigation 2.4km
- River Hit 308m
- Public Park 1.6km
- Playing Field 113m
- Shefford Convenience Store 1.3km
- All Saints Church (Outside) 61m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 96.7% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 96.7% of premises — not all
- Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data
Commute by train
From Biggleswade, 8.9km away
- 35 min London
- 59 min Cambridge
- 107 min Brighton
- 117 min Nottingham
Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.
Schools nearby
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map
Sunshine and hills
Sunshine: about 1,590 hours a year — sunnier than 60% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.
Hills: on level ground; surrounding hills hide about 2% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.
Planning
- Grade II listed — listed building consent is needed for most alterations. Historic England entry
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 104 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 4, Rectory Road, Shefford £700,000 · 2025
- 10, Rectory Road, Shefford £370,000 · 2015
- 3, Greenway, Shefford £200,000 · 2013
- 4, Greenway, Shefford £535,500 · 2026
- 2, Grange Gardens, Shefford £275,000 · 2002
- 1, Grange Gardens, Shefford £385,000 · 2013
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Listed Building: Replace hardwood doors to the rear of the property Jan 2026 source
- Permitted Lawful Development Certificate Existing: Implementation of CB/21/04372/OUT and… Jun 2026 source
- Conditions Discharge of Conditions 3 & 4 against planning permission ref. CB/23/02344/FULL Single… Mar 2026 source
- Withdrawn Single storey side and rear extensions and rooflight with the erection of a detached… Jun 2026 source
- Rejected Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/23/02344/FULL (Single storey side & rear… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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