20 Church Close is a four-bedroom detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5NW). It has a recorded floor area of 354 m² (around 3810 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band D. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (September 2024) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 82). Main heating runs on oil. Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 354 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 11 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2010. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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20 Church Close ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
20 Church Close has an approved extension on the planning record.
20 Church Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£779,000
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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On floor area, 20 Church Close stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
69 (C)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
354 m²
Street avg 115 m²
CO₂ Emissions
10.8 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
3.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.4dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension
What's in 20 Church Close, Bassingbourn, Royston, SG8 5NW's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5NW: £356,000 (2022–2012).

Street avg 6.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
SG8 5FL
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.5 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB