3 Wheatsheaf Cottages, The Green, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BB

3 Wheatsheaf Cottages is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Culworth, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2BB). It has a recorded floor area of 65 m² (around 700 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (December 2025) shows an F (score 36), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 61), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on wood logs. This certificate was lodged in the last six months, so the rating reflects current condition.

Held since February 2002 — that's 24 years off the open market, well above the local norm. Across 1995–2002, sale prices on this property compounded at 12.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £232,000 sits 93.3% above the 2002 sale of £120,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£172/sq ft) was about 30.5% below the postcode norm. At 65 m² it sits well below the postcode median (135 m² across 13 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 77% of similar EPCs). One historical planning record sits against the property in 2001.