8 Townsend Close is a two-bedroom detached house in Barkway, Royston, Royston (SG8 8ER). It has a recorded floor area of 95 m² (around 1023 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band E. Tenure is freehold. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It changed hands recently, sold September 2025 for £370,000. Today's modelled estimate of £464,000 is 25.4% above the 2025 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£362/sq ft) was about 36.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 95 m² it's 23.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (124 m² median across 13 EPCs). 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count.
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8 Townsend Close has no planning applications on record.
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8 Townsend Close valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£464,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£370,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Years Held for 8 Townsend Close lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,895
Street avg £3,540
Floor Area
95 m²
Street avg 141 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 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
19 September 2025Most recent
£370,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8ER: £520,000 (2024–2017).

CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 5.9 t/year
SG8 8AD
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