85 High Street is a detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ED). It has a recorded floor area of 216 m² (around 2325 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 75).
At 216 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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85 High Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
85 High Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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85 High Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,052,000
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
Floor Area for 85 High Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 58 (D)
Floor Area
216 m²
Street avg 127 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.1 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
43.2dB

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 8ED: £445,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 5.9 t/year
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Townsend Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB