4 North Hall Farm Cottages is an end-of-terrace house in Heydon, Royston, Royston (SG8 7PZ). It has a recorded floor area of 84 m² (around 904 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (January 2023) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 70% of similar EPCs). One planning record on file: change of use to residential refused in 2015.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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4 North Hall Farm Cottages has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£392,000
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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What we flagged
4 North Hall Farm Cottages is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
84 m²
Street avg 101 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 4.3 t/year
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.9 km
Bakers Lane — bus stop.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7PZ: £249,000 (2022–1996).

Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
SG8 7DW
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
43.5dB