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About Stow Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Stow Cottage is a detached house in Childrey, Wantage, Wantage (OX12 9XQ). It has a recorded floor area of 159 m² (around 1711 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (October 2020) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. When first surveyed in May 2016 the rating was E, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Poor to Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79). Main heating runs on oil.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 10.2% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £883,000 is 13.2% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£456/sq ft) was about 63.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 159 m² the property is well over the postcode median (112 m² across 16 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: March 2021 at £780,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Stow Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
Current Certificate(1 of 2)
Oct 2020
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
D58
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Good
CO2 Emissions
7.6 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£883,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 10.2% per year over 4 years.
Last sold (2021)
£780,000
Growth on file: 10.2% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
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The complete analysis of Stow Cottage, Stowhill, Childrey, Wantage, OX12 9XQ
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Versus other Stowhill homes
Four headline reads against 16 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
CO₂ Emissions for Stow Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,906
Street avg £5,707
Floor Area
159 m²
Street avg 146 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Similar properties nearby
A handful of close matches in the same postcode area, ranked by likeness on bedrooms, type and floor area.
The neighbourhood at a glance
A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Wantage district page.
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
Road noise across the postcode
Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX12 9XQ from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.3dB
Everything within walking distance
Schools, transport stops and scenic spots near this property — 23 points of interest in total.
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