1 Dower House, Hitchin Road, Preston, Hitchin, SG4 7TZ

1 Dower House is a detached house in Preston, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft). At 46 m² this is the smallest unit on EPC record across the building (46–159 m²). On EPC score it ranks last in the building (72 versus a best of 78). The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a C (score 72).

45 planning records sit against the property, 28 approved, 6 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (140 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£959/sq ft) was about 90.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £475,000 in April 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.