96 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
About 96 Kennington Road
96 Kennington Road is a four-bedroom detached house in Kennington, Oxford, Oxford (OX1 5PE). It has a recorded floor area of 160 m² (around 1722 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (October 2022) shows an F (score 37), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 160 m² the property is well over the postcode median (98 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£450/sq ft) was about 36.5% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £775,000 in March 2023. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2026.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- GarageDouble
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
96 Kennington Road sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Mar 2026ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Side and rear of property
Proposed first floor side extension, ground and first floor rear extension and ground floor rear extension
- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- P26/V0055/HH
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Sales history & valuation
96 Kennington Road valuation sits well clear of the typical sold price in this postcode.
£782,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£775,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
24 March 2023Most recent
£775,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX1 5PE: £530,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in OX1 5PE
Bartlett House, Flat 1, 115 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Sold Dec 2024
£265,00092 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Sold Sept 2024
£700,000135 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Sold Jul 2023
£692,000Bartlett House, Flat 6, 115 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Sold Jan 2023
£260,000125 Kennington Road, Kennington, Oxford, OX1 5PE
Sold May 2022
£530,000
Versus other Kennington Road homes
EPC Rating for 96 Kennington Road lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,844
Street avg £3,842
Floor Area
160 m²
Street avg 121 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 5.0 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
6/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Edward Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
St Swithun's CofE Primary School. 14 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
55.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
48.5dB







