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Get startedCurly Cottage is a detached house in West Hendred, Wantage, Wantage (OX12 8RR). It has a recorded floor area of 288 m² (around 3100 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2021) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in May 2017 the rating was E, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Poor to Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 91). Main heating runs on electricity.
At 288 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 28 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 0 refused. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations.
Curly Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
Extension: Single storey
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on application P19/V1339/LB. Proposed first floor extension over existing kitchen, single-storey extension and internal alterations
Curly Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£1,278,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
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Floor Area for Curly Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
EPC Rating
69 (C)
Street avg 66 (D)
Floor Area
288 m²
Street avg 91 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.6 t/year
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
0.8 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heat pump installed, significantly improving energy efficiency
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Hot water efficiency decreased
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
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Discharge of condition 3(Tree Protection) on application P21/V0117/HH (Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) on planning application P19/V1338/HH for proposed first floor extension over existing kitchen, single-storey extension and internal alterations).
26 more applications for this property
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Median price across the last 3 sales in OX12 8RR: £192,500 (2021–1996).
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Street avg 4.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
The Hare — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
The Hendreds Church of England School. 2 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB