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Get startedBriar Cottage is a detached house in North Newington, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 6AB). It has a recorded floor area of 110 m² (around 1184 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (August 2019) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. When first surveyed in January 2018 the rating was F, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, roof efficiency went from Average to Very Good, window efficiency went from Average to Good and hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 77). Main heating runs on wood chips.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 21.5% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £594,000 is 15.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£435/sq ft) was about 58.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 3 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Last sale on file: £515,000 in September 2020.
Briar Cottage's carbon output is low for the local stock.
PART RETROSPECTIVE - Alterations to garage to facilitate its partial conversion to habitable accommodation ancillary to the use of the dwellinghouse, installation of flue in roof of outbuilding/garage, erection of single storey link extension, and formation of hardstanding to widen driveway
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£594,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 21.5% per year over 2 years.
£515,000
Growth on file: 21.5% per year over 2 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
1.1 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.5dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Replaced storage heaters with gas boiler
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
Hot water system upgraded
Window efficiency improved
Loft insulation upgraded to recommended levels
More low energy lighting installed
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Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Change of Use of land from agricultural to residential and erection of single storey oak framed garden room extension to rear
1 more application for this property
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2 September 2020Most recent
£515,000
+60.9%over 2 years23 March 2018
£320,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX15 6AB: £577,000 (2024–2018).
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Danvers Road — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Bishop Carpenter Church of England Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.6dB
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