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Get startedHighgrove Cottage is a semi-detached house in Hook Norton, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 5LF). It has a recorded floor area of 150 m² (around 1615 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (March 2019) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. Earlier certificates rated it D (November 2018); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Average; while wall efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on oil.
At 150 m² the property is well over the postcode median (71 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, a porch and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
Highgrove 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.
Demolition of existing garden sheds to be replaced by new garden studio
Highgrove Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£475,000
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.
EPC Rating
52 (E)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
150 m²
Street avg 125 m²
CO₂ Emissions
7.7 t/year
Street avg 7.2 t/year
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
0.0 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.4dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water efficiency decreased
Loft insulation installed or upgraded to 250mm+
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Demolish existing porch and single storey extension. Erection of new porch and single storey extension. (As amended by plans received 05.04.04 with agent's letter dated 26.03.04.)
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX15 5LF: £265,000 (2025–1996).
Habitable Rooms
5 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
OX15 5AZ
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Hook Norton Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB