17 Church Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Steeple Morden, Royston, Royston (SG8 0NJ). It has a recorded floor area of 141 m² (around 1518 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an F (score 30), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since January 2019. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and lighting went from Poor to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 72), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 141 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). On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£376/sq ft) was about 58.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £570,000 in June 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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17 Church Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
17 Church Street has no planning applications on record.
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Latest sale on 17 Church Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£611,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£570,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Years Held for 17 Church Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,043
Street avg £2,885
Floor Area
141 m²
Street avg 97 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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.
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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Window efficiency improved
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
28 June 2021Most recent
£570,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0NJ: £190,000 (2020–2012).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
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