152 High Street is a four-bedroom detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8EG). It has a recorded floor area of 172 m² (around 1851 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (March 2010) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The latest certificate is from March 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Untraded for 24 years, with the last transfer in June 2002. At 172 m² the property is well over the postcode median (106 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £708,000 sits 130.2% above the 2002 sale of £307,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£166/sq ft) was about 46.4% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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152 High Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 31 Mar 2020
Multiple extension applications run across more than a decade of planning history at 152 High Street.
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152 High Street valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£708,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£307,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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On price per m², 152 High Street runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,788
Street avg £3,945
Floor Area
172 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
First floor rear extension
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension (as amended by plan 70-04 rev A received 28/06/04)
25 June 2002Most recent
£307,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8EG: £525,000 (2025–2019).

Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.5 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
SG8 8SB
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