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About Lime Tree Cottage
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Lime Tree Cottage is a semi-detached house in Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, Abingdon (OX14 3EW). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 80), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£519/sq ft) was about 66.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 85 m² it sits well below the postcode median (128 m² across 7 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 3 planning records sit against the property, 0 approved, 1 refused. Most recent transfer: July 2022 at £475,000. 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.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
A
B
C
D
E
E48
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Gas
Hot Water
Good
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
5.5 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning history
Applications and permits filed against Lime Tree Cottage, Oxford Road, Clifton Hampden, Abingdon, OX14 3EW, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.
A recent planning application at Lime Tree Cottage was refused — worth checking the council file.
- Jan 2024ExtensionConditionsFully Discharged
Discharge of condition 4 (Tree Protection) under application reference number P22/S4614/HH.(as clarified by applicant's email dated 20 Nov 2023 and accompanying information). (Dormer window, two storey side and single storey extension, remove existing carport, build detached garage, widen access gates, replacement windows. Install two conservation type rooflights to roof space on rear elevation).
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Lime Tree Cottage has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£502,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.8% per year over 27 years.
Last sold (2022)
£475,000
Growth on file: 5.8% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Oxford Road homes
Four headline reads against 7 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On habitable rooms, Lime Tree Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£5,588
Street avg £4,604
Floor Area
85 m²
Street avg 160 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
6/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.6dB
Everything within walking distance
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