The Gables is a four-bedroom detached house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8HY). It has a recorded floor area of 214 m² (around 2303 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (April 2022) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 61). Main heating runs on lpg. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 214 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 36 planning records sit against the property, 12 approved, 9 refused, 1 pending. An application is currently awaiting a decision. Last sale on file: £850,000 in July 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
The Gables's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
A recent planning application at The Gables was refused — worth checking the council file.
Insertion of two front ground floor windows following removal of existing garage doors
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£876,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£850,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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Habitable Rooms for The Gables runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,972
Street avg £4,054
Floor Area
214 m²
Street avg 147 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 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
44.9dB

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Details reserved by Condition 6 (Landscaping) of Section 73 application reference 18/03349/S73 granted on 15.03.2019 (as amended by plan received on 21/07/2025).
Full planning data for The Gables, High Street, Barley, Royston, SG8 8HY
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29 July 2022Most recent
£850,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8HY: £460,000 (2022–2016).
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Sold Aug 2022
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Sold May 2021
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Sold Feb 2021
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Sold Dec 2019
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Sold Mar 2007
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SG8 8DZ
Drayton's Garage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.7dB