1 Cross Lane Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Orwell, Royston, Royston (SG8 5QW). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1115 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (September 2009) shows an E (score 45), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
It hasn't traded since February 2011, a hold of 15 years that's notably long for the area. Across 2006–2011, sale prices here grew 0% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £449,000 sits 69.4% above the 2011 sale of £265,000. At 104 m² it's 29% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (146 m² median across 11 EPCs).
1 Cross Lane Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 17 Sept 2019
No planning applications are recorded against 1 Cross Lane Close, Orwell, Royston, SG8 5QW. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
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1 Cross Lane Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£449,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£265,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Floor Area for 1 Cross Lane Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,558
Street avg £3,195
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 150 m²
Habitable Rooms
5 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.
Closest school
0.5 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

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18 February 2011Most recent
£265,000
23 May 2006
£265,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5QW: £430,000 (2023–2018).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 7.6 t/year
SG8 5FS
Petersfield CofE Aided Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.2dB