Dashwoods Barn is a two-bedroom detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band E. Period features are noted in the property record. The latest certificate (June 2025) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83).
Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 80% of similar EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Across 2001–2016, sale prices here grew -0.2% per year, broadly in step with England's 0% HPI growth. Today's modelled estimate of £521,000 is 42.7% above the 2016 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£381/sq ft) was about 36.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 10 years since the last transfer (March 2016). 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused.
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Dashwoods Barn's sale-price growth has lagged the wider UK trajectory across its history on file.
£521,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of -0.2% per year over 15 years.
£365,000
Growth on file: -0.2% per year over 15 years.
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EPC Rating for Dashwoods Barn runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,101
Street avg £3,279
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 128 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.4dB

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Erection of satellite dish on east gable end
Full planning data for Dashwoods Barn, Church Lane, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8EJ
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31 March 2016Most recent
£365,000
-2.7%over 15 years25 January 2001
£375,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8EJ: £335,000 (2025–2012).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
2.6 t/year
Street avg 6.7 t/year
SG8 8AD
Burrs Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB