Barton Barn, Church Lane, Shutford, Banbury, OX15 6PG

Barton Barn is a five-bedroom detached house in Shutford, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 6PG). It has a recorded floor area of 60 m² (around 646 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band D. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe and outbuildings. The latest certificate (October 2025) shows an E (score 50), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since July 2025. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Good; while lighting dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.

8 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 3 refused. Past consents include new windows and an annexe, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. At 60 m² it sits well below the postcode median (139 m² across 11 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £1,281,000 is 11.6% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,778/sq ft) was about 544.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold October 2021 for £1,148,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.