16 Old North Road is a three-bedroom mid-terrace house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5JG). It has a recorded floor area of 48 m² (around 517 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (June 2010) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from June 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 15 years, with the last transfer in May 2011. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 6.7% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £285,000 sits 52% above the 2011 sale of £187,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£363/sq ft) was about 51.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 48 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally.
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16 Old North Road's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 13 Jun 2020
16 Old North Road has no planning applications on record.
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Sale price has at least doubled since 1997.
£285,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.7% per year over 14 years.
£187,500
Growth on file: 6.7% per year over 14 years.
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Years Held for 16 Old North Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,906
Street avg £3,602
Floor Area
48 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
2.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
17 May 2011Most recent
£187,500
+13.6%over 6 years8 February 2005
£165,000
+112.9%over 7 years12 September 1997
£77,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5JG: £300,000 (2024–2021).
10 Old North Road Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Apr 2024
4 Grange Court Old North Road Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Dec 2023
21 Old North Road Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Sept 2022
12 Old North Road Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Apr 2021
3 Grange Court Old North Road Bassingbourn Royston
Sold Apr 2021

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 4.1 t/year
SG8 5AR
Sassoon Drive — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB