2 Thornberry Hill Cottages is a detached house in Arrington, Royston, Royston (SG8 0BT). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2025) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. Earlier certificates rated it C (July 2011); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since August 2000 — that's 26 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. Today's modelled estimate of £596,000 sits 198% above the 2000 sale of £200,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£192/sq ft) was about 46.3% below the postcode norm.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
No planning applications are recorded against 2 Thornberry Hill Cottages, Old Wimpole Road, Arrington, Royston, SG8 0BT. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
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2 Thornberry Hill Cottages valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£596,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£200,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
2.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
41.6dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Hot water efficiency improved
17 August 2000Most recent
£200,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0BT: £375,000 (2018–2002).
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Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Flood risk
Medium
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.4dB