34 Church Street is a five-bedroom detached house in Thriplow, Royston, Royston (SG8 7RE). It has a recorded floor area of 332 m² (around 3574 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2021 and council tax band G. There is a swimming pool on the plot, uncommon for the area. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position. The latest certificate (November 2021) returns an A (score 102), the top energy band on the EPC scale. When first surveyed in April 2018 the rating was D, the property has climbed 3 bands since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Good to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Very Good and main heating went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity: electricity, unspecified tariff.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £2,000,000 sits 53.8% above the 2018 sale of £1,300,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£364/sq ft) was about 16.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 332 m² the property is well over the postcode median (162 m² across 24 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 12 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition and an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £1,300,000 in October 2018.
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34 Church Street ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
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Latest sale on 34 Church Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£2,000,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.3% per year over 20 years.
£1,300,000
Growth on file: 7.3% per year over 20 years.
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34 Church Street outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,916
Street avg £4,401
Floor Area
332 m²
Street avg 184 m²
CO₂ Emissions
-1.0 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.
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
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
High performance glazing installed
Wall insulation improved
Floor insulation added or improved
Goat Willow - fell
T1 Salix babylonica (Weeping Willow) - Pronounced lean to west. Reduce height by 6-8m to reduce load and retain tree T2 Populus ? canescens (Grey Poplar) - Remove. Lost top in previous storm. Regrowth now on decayed stems. Tree to be replaced with a more suitable species.
29 October 2018Most recent
£1,300,000
+319.4%over 20 years18 May 1998
£310,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 7RE: £935,000 (2024–2019).

Street avg 9.8 t/year
Years Held
8 years
Street avg 10 years
SG8 7XP
Thriplow CofE Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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