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Get started4 Dower House is a detached house in Preston, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 134 m² (around 1442 sq ft). At 134 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 6 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 46–159 m². The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band.
45 planning records sit against the property, 28 approved, 6 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£617/sq ft) was about 22.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £890,000 in September 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
A an annexe application was refused at 4 Dower House in 2021.
Erection of boundary wall and railings to replace the existing painted timber fence and internal alterations to second floor.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£950,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£890,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
4 Dower House outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£6,642
Street avg £6,744
Floor Area
134 m²
Street avg 124 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 3.1 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Erection of boundary wall and railings to replace the existing painted timber fence and internal alterations to second floor.
43 more applications for this property
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9 September 2021Most recent
£890,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 7TZ: £795,000 (2023–2021).
3 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Aug 2023
6 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Jan 2022
2 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Sept 2021
Spindle Cottage Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Apr 2021
1 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Apr 2021
Years Held
5 years
Street avg 4 years
SG4 7SJ
Red Lion PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Preston Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.8dB
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