Pear Tree Cottage, West Street, Shutford, Banbury, OX15 6PH

Pear Tree Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in Shutford, Banbury, Banbury (OX15 6PH). It has a recorded floor area of 46 m² (around 495 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (January 2016) shows an F (score 32), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to A (score 94), a 5-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from January 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Period features are noted in the property record.

Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 2.6% per year against 0.1% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£515/sq ft) was about 96.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold November 2025 for £255,000. At 46 m² it sits well below the postcode median (78 m² across 17 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 88% of similar EPCs). 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 8 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 6 refused. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.