15 High Street is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8EA). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 81), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.4% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£393/sq ft) was about 70.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (83 m² across 18 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Last sale on file: £575,000 in March 2024.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
15 High Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
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15 High Street has more than tripled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1998.
£605,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.4% per year over 26 years.
£575,000
Growth on file: 4.4% per year over 26 years.
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On habitable rooms, 15 High Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£4,228
Street avg £3,787
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 124 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 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.
Nearest stop
0.1 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
15 March 2024Most recent
£575,000
+47.4%over 19 years4 August 2004
£390,000
+21.9%over 2 years30 July 2002
£320,000
+68.4%over 3 years28 August 1998
£189,995
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8EA: £575,000 (2025–2020).

CO₂ Emissions
5.6 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
SG8 8SB
Reading Room — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.6dB