91 High Street is a two-bedroom detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ED). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 764 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (January 2025) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 3-band jump.
It hasn't traded since November 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Today's modelled estimate of £399,000 sits 125.4% above the 2002 sale of £177,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£232/sq ft) was about 21.3% below the postcode norm. At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (108 m² across 12 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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91 High Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
91 High Street has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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£399,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£177,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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91 High Street outperforms the street on years held by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,493
Street avg £3,833
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
43.2dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
29 November 2002Most recent
£177,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8ED: £445,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.4 t/year
Street avg 6.0 t/year
SG8 8AD
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