8 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1DP
About 8 Orchard Piece
8 Orchard Piece is a detached house in Mollington, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1DP). It has a recorded floor area of 92 m² (around 990 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (July 2017) shows an E (score 54), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Sold April 2022 for £380,000. Across the public record there are 4 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. Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £454,000 is 19.5% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£384/sq ft) was about 43% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
8 Orchard Piece has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
7 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£454,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.6% per year over 20 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 3.6% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
11 April 2022Most recent
£380,000
+20.6%over 4 years26 January 2018
£315,000
-1.6%24 August 2017
£320,000
+73.0%over 15 years18 February 2002
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 1DP: £367,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in OX17 1DP
5 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1DP
Sold Feb 2025
£345,0003 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1DP
Sold Dec 2022
£400,0002 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1DP
Sold Dec 2021
£367,0001 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1DP
Sold Mar 2021
£350,0004 Orchard Piece, Mollington, Banbury, OX17 1DP
Sold Nov 2020
£380,000
Versus other Orchard Piece homes
CO₂ Emissions for 8 Orchard Piece runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£4,130
Street avg £3,807
Floor Area
92 m²
Street avg 87 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 5.7 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Chestnut Road — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Cropredy Church of England Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
45.1dB







