11 Barley Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Great Chishill, Royston, Royston (SG8 8SB). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (August 2020) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since October 2008. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor and main heating dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 4.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £846,000 is 17.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£368/sq ft) was about 56.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (132 m² across 12 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £720,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
11 Barley Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
No planning applications are recorded against 11 Barley Road, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SB. The full report also covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
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Latest sale on 11 Barley Road was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£846,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 21 years.
£720,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 21 years.
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11 Barley Road is notably below the street on co₂ emissions.
Price per m²
£3,956
Street avg £3,677
Floor Area
182 m²
Street avg 138 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 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
2.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

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Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water efficiency decreased
Single glazing replaced with double or better glazing
More low energy lighting installed
12 March 2021Most recent
£720,000
+161.8%over 21 years26 November 1999
£275,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8SB: £380,000 (2024–2020).
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CO₂ Emissions
15.0 t/year
Street avg 6.9 t/year
SG8 8HN
St Margaret of Antioch Church — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Barley (VA) Church of England First School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.5dB