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Get started1 Church Barns is a semi-detached house in Widford, Ware, Ware (SG12 8RL). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2013) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 58). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from October 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
4 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 95 m² it sits well below the postcode median (159 m² across 5 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 80% of similar EPCs).
1 Church Barns's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 09 Oct 2023
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Discharge condition(s) 3 (Archaeology), 4 (access), 5( Sight lines), 6 (SUDS), 7 (Construction Management Plan), 8 (Contaminated land survey and remediation), 9 (Lighting Design Strategy), 10 (Maintenance communal spaces) attached to 3/19/1920/VAR.
1 Church Barns has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£510,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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On epc rating, 1 Church Barns runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 75 (C)
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 160 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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
0.5 km
Field House — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Variation of Condition 3 (Approved Drawings) of planning permission ref: 3/17/0002/FUL. (Alterations to and change of use of 1) modern agricultural building to B1: light industrial 2) western range of agricultural buildings and granary to B1:office and 3) eastern range of agricultural buildings to dual use office/residential . Demolition of existing sheds and covered yard. Partial infilling and regrading of former slurry pit to provide balancing pond and associated landscaping.) Retention of works: Changes to door openings and fenestration; changes to roof tiles; installation of flue and extractor vents; Kent bat boxes added.
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Median price across the last 5 sales in SG12 8RL: £900,000 (2021–2015).
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SG12 8LE
Closest school
0.6 km
Widford School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.8dB