3 Warrens Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Barley, Royston, Royston (SG8 8JP). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (April 2020) shows a D (score 57), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 2 certificates since September 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Average to Very Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 92), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since February 2007, a hold of 19 years that's notably long for the area. That sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market, which is a useful reference point when interpreting the price. At 54 m² it's 20.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (68 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. 2 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £331,000 sits 68.4% above the 2007 sale of £196,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£338/sq ft) was about 92% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2013.
3 Warrens Cottages ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
Remove one Sycamore tree (T1) in garden of 3 Warren Cottages. Remove one Sycamore tree (T2) to rear of garden of 5 Warren Cottages. Reduce height of hedge line of trees by maximum of 50% and cut back overhanging branches to rear of gardens of numbers 1-6 Warren Cottages (as amended by plans dated 22/1013).
The latest sale landed at the peak of the pre-credit-crunch market — a high-water reference point.
£331,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£196,500
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
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EPC Rating for 3 Warrens Cottages runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,639
Street avg £3,604
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 89 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 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
45.4dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
More low energy lighting installed
Full planning data for 3 Warrens Cottages, Church End, Barley, Royston, SG8 8JP
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23 February 2007Most recent
£196,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8JP: £285,000 (2021–2002).
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Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.0 t/year
Street avg 6.6 t/year
SG8 8AD
St Margaret of Antioch Church — bus stop.
Closest school
0.0 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.5dB