Puzzle Cottage, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
About Puzzle Cottage
Puzzle Cottage is a semi-detached house in Culworth, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2AT). It has a recorded floor area of 146 m² (around 1572 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (August 2025) shows an E (score 49), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 146 m² the property is well over the postcode median (102 m² across 21 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations.
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Energy performance
Puzzle Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
Council records include a part-single-part-two-storey rear extension at Puzzle Cottage.
2 applications on record at Puzzle Cottage, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
- Jul 2002ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Part single, part two storey · Rear of property
Single and two storey extension at rear
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- S/2002/0862/P
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksJul 2025Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Puzzle Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£462,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 2AT: £315,000 (2024–2022).
Nearby sales in OX17 2AT
3 Butts Close, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
Sold Jun 2024
£377,5006 Butts Close, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
Sold May 2024
£270,0005 Butts Close, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
Sold May 2023
£385,0005 Culworth House, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
Sold Oct 2022
£315,0002 Culworth House, Queens Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2AT
Sold Aug 2022
£300,000
Versus other Queens Street homes
Puzzle Cottage outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
49 (E)
Street avg 57 (D)
Floor Area
146 m²
Street avg 180 m²
CO₂ Emissions
8.6 t/year
Street avg 10.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Culworth House — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB