1 Carlton Rise is a four-bedroom detached house in Melbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 6BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2022) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Records show the property has been extended at some point in its history.
At 156 m² the property is well over the postcode median (59 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £594,000 is 16.4% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£304/sq ft) was about 17.6% below the postcode norm. Sold December 2022 for £510,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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1 Carlton Rise's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
1 Carlton Rise has no planning applications on record.
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The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£594,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£510,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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1 Carlton Rise is notably below the street on price per m².
Price per m²
£3,272
Street avg £5,475
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 73 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
1.6 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
46.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
7 December 2022Most recent
£510,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 6BZ: £399,000 (2025–2022).

Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.0 t/year
Street avg 2.7 t/year
SG8 6NT
Meldreth Rail Station — railway station.
Closest school
0.5 km
Melbourn Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.9dB