116 High Street is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8EG). It has a recorded floor area of 97 m² (around 1044 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2010. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£512/sq ft) was about 100.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £535,000 in June 2021. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 5 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. At 97 m² it's 21.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (123 m² median across 13 EPCs).
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£582,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 14 years.
£535,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 14 years.
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116 High Street outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,515
Street avg £3,479
Floor Area
97 m²
Street avg 134 m²
Habitable Rooms
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
43.0dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
More low energy lighting installed
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear shed.
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Full planning data for 116 High Street, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8EG
3 more on this property, plus every nearby application and full decision details, in the report.
24 June 2021Most recent
£535,000
+12.6%over 2 years2 April 2019
£475,000
+36.3%over 7 years11 November 2011
£348,500
+2.5%over 4 years19 April 2007
£340,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8EG: £445,000 (2025–2017).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.5 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
SG8 8SB
Townsend Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.7dB