1 Grange Cottages is a semi-detached house in Heydon, Royston, Royston (SG8 7NT). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2009. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Average and lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 89 m² it sits well below the postcode median (143 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
New Agricultural Barn unit
1 Grange Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£404,000
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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Floor Area for 1 Grange Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
51 (E)
Street avg 51 (E)
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 148 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.8 t/year
Street avg 8.0 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
2.7 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 1 Grange Cottages, Chrishall Grange, Heydon, Royston, SG8 7NT
Every application and decision on this property and nearby, in full, in the report.
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7NT: £515,000 (2023–2019).
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Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
SG8 7LH
Pinkeneys — bus stop.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB