Old Stone Cottage, Creampot Lane, Cropredy, Banbury, OX17 1NT

Old Stone Cottage is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Cropredy, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 1NT). It has a recorded floor area of 96 m² (around 1033 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Earlier certificates rated it E (December 2013); the latest reading is one band lower. Between certificates, window efficiency went from Average to Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Average to Very Poor and hot-water efficiency dropped from Average to Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

Untraded for 27 years, with the last transfer in August 1999. Only one transfer is on record with HM Land Registry, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands for a long time. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £410,000 sits 241.7% above the 1999 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£116/sq ft) was about 52.6% below the postcode norm. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.