Vernham Dene is a three-bedroom detached house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8HT). It has a recorded floor area of 104 m² (around 1119 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 95), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on anthracite. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 104 m² it sits well below the postcode median (150 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Today's modelled estimate of £493,000 is 12% above the 2021 sale price. Most recent transfer: August 2021 at £440,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Vernham Dene's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Condition 3- Construction Method/Demolition Statement (as discharge of condition relating to planning permission 22/00796/FP granted 26.05.2022)
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£493,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£440,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Vernham Dene is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£4,231
Street avg £4,219
Floor Area
104 m²
Street avg 162 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.0dB

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Discharge of Condition 3 (Demolition Statement) as attached to Planning Application 22/00796/FP granted on 26.05.2022.
Full planning data for Vernham Dene, High Street, Barley, Royston, SG8 8HT
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11 August 2021Most recent
£440,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8HT: £440,000 (2024–2022).
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CO₂ Emissions
13.0 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
SG8 8SF
Drayton's Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.8dB