31 Church Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Thriplow, Royston, Royston (SG8 7RE). It has a recorded floor area of 102 m² (around 1098 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows an E (score 46), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Held since September 2005 — that's 21 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Today's modelled estimate of £444,000 sits 111.4% above the 2005 sale of £210,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£191/sq ft) was about 39.3% below the postcode norm. At 102 m² it sits well below the postcode median (166 m² across 24 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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31 Church Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Removal and capping off top of existing chimney.
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£444,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£210,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Price per m² for 31 Church Street lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,059
Street avg £4,525
Floor Area
102 m²
Street avg 194 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
0.3 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.8dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey
Single storey front and rear extensions, roof extension with front facing dormer window, changes to fenestration, installation of an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) and the erection of a garden shed to the rear.
20 September 2005Most recent
£210,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7RE: £935,000 (2024–2019).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.9 t/year
Street avg 9.5 t/year
SG8 7PD
Thriplow CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB