Hill View Cottage, High Street, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SJ
Listed building
About Hill View Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Hill View Cottage is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7SJ). It has a recorded floor area of 108 m² (around 1163 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (December 2024) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 67). Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £357,000 sits 98.3% above the 2025 sale of £180,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£155/sq ft) was about 31.4% below the postcode norm. It changed hands recently, sold April 2025 for £180,000. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
What this property has
Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
- EnsuiteYes
- BasementYes
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Hill View Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E40
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Poor
CO2 Emissions
7.4 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Hill View Cottage, High Street, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Nov 2018RenovationHeritageGranted
Replace the roof tiles conserving and re-using tiles as possible
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Hill View Cottage valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£357,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
Last sold (2025)
£180,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
Launch offer · 33% off
The complete analysis of Hill View Cottage, High Street, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7SJ
Everything we know about this property, compiled into one in-depth, downloadable report.
Detailed analysis
A written breakdown of everything that matters
Versus other High Street homes
Four headline reads against 5 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On price per m², Hill View Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,667
Street avg £3,140
Floor Area
108 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Royston district page.
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
0.2 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 7SJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 3 points of interest in total.
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