15 Townsend Close, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8ER
3 sales on record
About 15 Townsend Close
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
15 Townsend Close is a detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ER). It has a recorded floor area of 124 m² (around 1335 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £564,000 is 10.6% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£382/sq ft) was about 38.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £510,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
15 Townsend Close's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E50
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
7.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against 15 Townsend Close, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8ER, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
15 Townsend Close has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
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Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
15 Townsend Close has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£564,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 25 years.
Last sold (2022)
£510,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
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What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Townsend Close homes
Four headline reads against 13 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
EPC Rating for 15 Townsend Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,113
Street avg £3,522
Floor Area
124 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Royston district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around SG8 8ER from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.7dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 16 points of interest in total.
Common questions
The questions buyers, sellers and homeowners most often ask about 15 Townsend Close, Barkway, Royston, SG8 8ER. Each answer is also embedded as structured data for search engines.
