17 Barley Road is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Great Chishill, Royston, Royston (SG8 8SB). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (September 2014) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 68). Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from September 2014, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 12.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £531,000 is 20.7% above the 2015 sale price. On the market in October 2015 and unlisted since — roughly 11 years. Across the public record there are 5 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
17 Barley Road's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 10 Sept 2024
Non-material amendment to S/1711/18/FL
17 Barley Road has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£531,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 12.5% per year over 19 years.
£440,000
Growth on file: 12.5% per year over 19 years.
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On floor area, 17 Barley Road runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,636
Street avg £3,709
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 143 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 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
2.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

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Extension: Single storey
Single storey kitchen and porch extensions
Full planning data for 17 Barley Road, Great Chishill, Royston, SG8 8SB
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30 October 2015Most recent
£440,000
+85.3%over 12 years25 April 2003
£237,500
+23.4%over 1 year21 November 2001
£192,500
+203.1%over 4 years9 July 1997
£63,500
+29.6%21 March 1997
£49,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 8SB: £410,000 (2024–2021).
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CO₂ Emissions
7.3 t/year
Street avg 7.5 t/year
SG8 8SB
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