Hawthorns is a detached house in Therfield, Royston, Royston (SG8 9PP). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.
It hasn't traded since October 2004, a hold of 22 years that's notably long for the area. At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Today's modelled estimate of £840,000 sits 102.4% above the 2004 sale of £415,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£212/sq ft) was about 19% below the postcode norm. 11 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include solar panel installation, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Hawthorns's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Hawthorns has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Hawthorns valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£840,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£415,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
Price per m²
£2,280
Street avg £3,888
Floor Area
182 m²
Street avg 151 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
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.9dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Installation of PV solar panels
Sycamore, Field Maple - Reduce the canopy by 30%.
What's in Hawthorns, The Causeway, Therfield, Royston, SG8 9PP's planning history?
9 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
8 October 2004Most recent
£415,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 9PP: £712,500 (2024–2020).
1 Fordham Terrace The Causeway Therfield Royston
Sold Jul 2024
4 Fordham Terrace The Causeway Therfield Royston
Sold Dec 2022
Hillcrest The Causeway Therfield Royston
Sold Apr 2022
The Elms The Causeway Therfield Royston
Sold Jan 2020
Beacon Field House The Causeway Therfield Royston
Sold Jan 2017

CO₂ Emissions
7.2 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
SG8 9GA
Fox and Duck PH — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Therfield First School. 2 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB