2 Lower Farm Barns is a semi-detached house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8HR). It has a recorded floor area of 297 m² (around 3197 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (August 2024) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 87). Main heating runs on oil.
At 297 m² the property is well over the postcode median (202 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused.
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2 Lower Farm Barns's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Removal of Condition 1 (requiring obscure glazing below a height of 1.6m above floor level) of planning permission 06/00737/1HH granted 29/06/2006
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2 Lower Farm Barns has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,228,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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What we flagged
On floor area, 2 Lower Farm Barns stands well clear of the street.
EPC Rating
72 (C)
Street avg 59 (D)
Floor Area
297 m²
Street avg 174 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.6 t/year
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
45.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Retention of rooflight in rear roofslope
Median price across the last 4 sales in SG8 8HR: £681,000 (2022–2005).

Street avg 7.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
Drayton's Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.9dB