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Get started2 Bridge Cottages is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Lower Brailes, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 5AG). It has a recorded floor area of 74 m² (around 797 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band A. The latest certificate (July 2021) shows an F (score 29), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The rating has held steady at F across 2 certificates since November 2013. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Good and lighting went from Poor to Very Good; while main heating dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 71), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Other recorded features include outbuildings.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 8% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£483/sq ft) was about 123.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold March 2022 for £385,000. Across the public record there are 6 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused.
2 Bridge Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
As part of the Lower Brailes property flood resilience scheme (PFR) Warwickshire County Council proposed to remove the existing timber front door to 2 Bridge Cottages and replace with a suitably sympathetic white composite PFR flood resilient door in the Teesside style. This will offer flood resilience up to a depth of 600mm.
2 Bridge Cottages has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1997.
£400,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.0% per year over 25 years.
£385,000
Growth on file: 8.0% per year over 25 years.
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Changed to a more efficient fuel source
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
Roof insulation improved
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Enlarge and re-roof existing single storey extension at rear of property and remove part of cladding from outbuilding to provide car access
1 more application for this property
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11 March 2022Most recent
£385,000
+73.0%over 7 years21 November 2014
£222,500
+27.1%over 10 years30 April 2004
£175,000
+29.6%over 2 years7 December 2001
£135,000
+18.4%over 1 year30 October 2000
£114,000
+96.6%over 3 years27 June 1997
£58,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX15 5AG: £400,000 (2024–2011).
OX15 5PN
The George — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Brailes Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Flood risk
High
From the Environment Agency.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.0dB
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