1 High Green Cottages is a semi-detached house in Abington Pigotts, Royston, Royston (SG8 0SB). It has a recorded floor area of 202 m² (around 2174 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (June 2023) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Most recent transfer: October 2023 at £740,000.
1 High Green Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Tree 1 - Weeping Pear. Removal of dead wood. Crown reduction of no more than 30% of this fast growing tree - 1.5 metres off the top and 0.75 metres off the sides.
£670,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 20 years.
£740,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 20 years.
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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
2.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.2dB

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Tree 1 Apple. Removal of dead, damaged and diseased branches. Shortening/removal of upward growing watershoots and branches overhanging the roof ensuring reduction of not more than 20% of canopy Tree 2 Apple. Removal of dead, damaged and diseased branches. Shortening/removal of upward growing watershoots ensuring reduction of not more than 20% of canopy.
Full planning data for 1 High Green Cottages, Abington Pigotts, Royston, SG8 0SB
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6 October 2023Most recent
£740,000
+88.5%over 20 years29 August 2003
£392,500
Median price across the last 2 sales in SG8 0SB: £547,500 (2025–2005).
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SG8 0RA
Bassingbourn Primary School. 4 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB