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Get started6 Dower House is a detached house in Preston, Hitchin, Hitchin (SG4 7TZ). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft). At 159 m² this is the largest unit on EPC record across the building (46–159 m²). The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a C (score 78), near the top of the C band.
42 planning records sit against the property, 28 approved, 6 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 159 m² it's 17.3% larger than the typical home in the postcode (136 m² median across 6 EPCs). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£479/sq ft) was about 15.7% below the postcode norm. Most recent transfer: January 2022 at £820,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
A an annexe application was refused at 6 Dower House in 2021.
Extension: Single storey
Change of use and extension of school dormitory (C2) to form 6 no. dwellings (C3), incorporating the following listed building works; demolition and removal of conservatory, fire escape stairs and storage sheds; erection of single storey extension to accommodation block and erection of cross wing extension to north east wing; erection of lattice porch to south west elevation. Realignment of boundary wall adjacent the access; formation of amenity, parking areas and associated landscaping (Section 73 application - Removal of conditions 7 and 8 from Planning permission 17/02800/1 granted 09/05/2018).
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£897,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£820,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Price per m² for 6 Dower House lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,157
Street avg £7,115
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 118 m²
CO₂ Emissions
3.6 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

Discharge of Condition 4 (Floor tiles plot 6) as attached to Listed Building Consent 20/00302/LBC granted on 30.03.2020
40 more applications for this property
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19 January 2022Most recent
£820,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG4 7TZ: £795,000 (2023–2021).
3 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Aug 2023
2 Dower House Hitchin Road Preston Hitchin
Sold Sept 2021
4 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
Street avg 3.0 t/year
Years Held
4 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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