1 Manor Farm Barns is a detached house in Litlington, Royston, Royston (SG8 0RE). It has a recorded floor area of 247 m² (around 2659 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1996-2002. The latest certificate (March 2021) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 247 m² it's 24.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (199 m² median across 3 EPCs). 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Today's modelled estimate of £621,000 is 32.1% above the 2022 sale price. Sold June 2022 for £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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1 Manor Farm Barns's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials) 5 (Contamination) 7 (Archaeology) 8 (Hard and soft landscaping) and 10 (Pedestrian visibility splays) pursuant to outline planning permission S/2996/16/OL
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£621,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£470,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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What we flagged
1 Manor Farm Barns outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
54 (E)
Street avg 55 (E)
Floor Area
247 m²
Street avg 170 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 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.
Closest school
2.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Application for Approval of Reserved Matters for Access Appearance Landscape Layout and Scale following Outline Planning Permission S/2996/16/OL for the erection of One Single Storey Dwelling
14 June 2022Most recent
£470,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 0RE: £440,000 (2021–2000).

Street avg 8.6 t/year
SG8 0BH
Bassingbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB