19 Windmill Close is a semi-detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 59 m² (around 635 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2013) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since November 2012. Between certificates, wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from January 2013, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 59 m² it's 26.7% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (81 m² median across 40 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 78% of similar EPCs).
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 21 Jan 2023
19 Windmill Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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19 Windmill Close has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£315,000
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
EPC Rating for 19 Windmill Close lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
62 (D)
Street avg 77 (C)
Floor Area
59 m²
Street avg 90 m²
CO₂ Emissions
2.9 t/year
Street avg 2.1 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.
Nearest stop
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.5dB

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 8BZ: £570,000 (2025–2024).

Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
Windmill Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB