15 Church Street is a detached house in Steeple Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2019) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 66), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 121 m² the property is well over the postcode median (90 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 71% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2021.
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15 Church Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
T1 - Yew - Crown reduce by up to 2 m to leave viable growth points. This would take it to, or just beyond, historic pruning points.
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15 Church Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£570,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
15 Church Street is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
29 (F)
Street avg 50 (E)
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 101 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
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.
Nearest stop
2.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.0dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0NJ: £292,000 (2021–2014).

Street avg 6.1 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
SG8 0RB
War Memorial — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Steeple Morden CofE VC Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB