14 Townsend Close is a three-bedroom detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ER). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (May 2017) shows a D (score 59), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2015. Between certificates, lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 3.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £505,000 is 17.4% above the 2017 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£434/sq ft) was about 68.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last changed hands 9 years ago, in October 2017. At 92 m² it's 25.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (124 m² median across 13 EPCs).
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14 Townsend Close has no planning applications on record.
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14 Townsend Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£505,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.5% per year over 10 years.
£430,000
Growth on file: 3.5% per year over 10 years.
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14 Townsend Close is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£4,674
Street avg £3,475
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 141 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
0.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
27 October 2017Most recent
£430,000
+41.0%over 10 years27 September 2007
£305,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8ER: £520,000 (2025–2021).

Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
SG8 8SF
Townsend Close — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Barkway VA Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB