26 Church Street is a mid-terrace house in Guilden Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0JD). It has a recorded floor area of 61 m² (around 657 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2012) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 90), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from May 2012, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Held since August 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 14.1% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £329,000 sits 78.8% above the 2005 sale of £184,000. At 61 m² it sits well below the postcode median (120 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 04 May 2022
26 Church Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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26 Church Street has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 1997.
£329,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 14.1% per year over 8 years.
£184,000
Growth on file: 14.1% per year over 8 years.
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CO₂ Emissions for 26 Church Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,016
Street avg £4,295
Floor Area
61 m²
Street avg 136 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
30 August 2005Most recent
£184,000
+97.8%over 5 years7 December 1999
£93,000
+43.1%over 2 years3 October 1997
£65,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0JD: £603,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.2 t/year
Street avg 8.6 t/year
Guilden Morden CofE Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB