4 Maltings Cottages, Rectory Lane, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7TJ
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About 4 Maltings Cottages
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
4 Maltings Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Fowlmere, Royston, Royston (SG8 7TJ). It has a recorded floor area of 77 m² (around 831 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (February 2011) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from February 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 7.9% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £405,000 is 47.3% above the 2012 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£331/sq ft) was about 27.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 14 years ago, in October 2012. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. At 77 m² it's 27.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 8 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs).
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What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Dining roomYes
- FireplaceYes
Outside
- Garage
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
4 Maltings Cottages's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Feb 2021
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 4 Maltings Cottages, Rectory Lane, Fowlmere, Royston, SG8 7TJ, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
4 Maltings Cottages has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£405,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.9% per year over 17 years.
Last sold (2012)
£275,000
Growth on file: 7.9% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
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Versus other Rectory Lane homes
Four headline reads against 8 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
4 Maltings Cottages outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,561
Street avg £4,168
Floor Area
77 m²
Street avg 120 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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.
Nearest stop
3.0 km
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 7TJ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.2dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 4 points of interest in total.
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