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Herb Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD

3 sales on record2 planning records

Estimated value

£446,000

  • Since the 2022 sale (£470,000)-5%
  • Against OX17 2BD's recent median (£263,000)+70%

Newest record on this page: February 2025. Land Registry and EPC registers update monthly, so this page can trail them by 2–3 months.

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Property type
Mid terrace
Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
2
Floor area
121 m²
1302 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 56
Tenure
Owner Occupied
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Valuation

About this valuation

How the figure is worked out and what it's based on. If you know this home, you can tell other visitors what you think it's worth.

Our estimate

£446,000

  • Against its 2022 sale (£470,000)-5%
  • Against OX17 2BD's recent median (£263,000)+70%

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How the estimate is made

The estimate for Herb Cottage is modelled from its 121 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in OX17 2BD. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.

What it's based on

  • Floor area

    121 m² from the EPC lodged in March 2020

  • Sales of this home

    3 sales recorded, the latest in 2022

  • Recent sales in OX17 2BD

    5 sales, median £263,000 (2025–2020)

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DataThis pageFull report
SalesLatest sale shown: February 2025Latest available records, read when you order
ValuationEstimate from the last refreshAnalysed against comparable sales
Planning1 of 2 applicationsFull history, plus nearby schemes
Flood riskNot shownIncluded
Price

Sales history & valuation

Every recorded sale of this home, how its price has moved, and what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Herb Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.

Sales timeline

  1. 16 December 2022Most recent

    £470,000

    +36.2%over 6 years

  2. 4 November 2016

    £345,000

    +93.8%over 12 years

  3. 14 January 2004

    £178,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 2BD: £263,000 (2025–2020).

Risks

What this page doesn't show

1 potential issue has already been flagged for Herb Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD. The detail, evidence and what to ask about it are in the Risks Report.
  • Larger development activity nearbyIn report
  • Flood risk from rivers, sea and surface waterIn report
  • Subsidence and ground-stability signalsIn report
  • Refusals, enforcement and big schemes nearbyIn report

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Overview

About Herb Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Herb Cottage is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Culworth, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2BD). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (March 2020) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include outbuildings. Period features are noted in the property record.

2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2004–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£361/sq ft) was about 49.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £470,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
  • Bathrooms2
  • Dining roomYes
  • EnsuiteYes

Outside

  • Private gardenYes
  • GarageYes
  • OutbuildingsYes

Building

  • Period featuresYes
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The data behind every report

  • HM Land Registry, source of sold price history
  • Department for Education, source of schools data
  • Police.uk, source of crime statistics
  • Department for Transport, source of stations and transport links
  • Environment Agency, source of flood risk data
  • Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, source of road noise data
  • PlanIt, source of planning application records
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Herb Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

Current Certificate
Mar 2020

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
6.1 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied

Certificate validity

Valid until 4 March 2030

3 years remaining
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Herb Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.

2 applications on record at Herb Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD

2decisions2extensions12documents5nearby
Flagged:RetrospectiveDemolition
  1. May 2006
    DemolitionFull
    Outcome in report

    Extension: Single storey · Rear of property

    Demolish existing single storey extension to rear, new single storey extension to rear.

    Extension
    Documents
    1 doc on file
    Reference
    S/2006/0416/P
    Full record in report
  2. More recent applications — locked
  3. DemolitionDecision

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On the street

Versus other High Street homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Habitable Rooms for Herb Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£3,884

Street avg £3,379

Above

Floor Area

121 m²

Street avg 129 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

6.1 t/year

Street avg 7.7 t/year

Above
Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Banbury district page.
Full Banbury report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

50/mo

Falling year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

The Green — bus stop.

Closest school

0.2 km

Culworth Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.

Nearest schools

  • Culworth Church of England Primary AcademyPrimary190m

Nearest stops

  • The GreenBus stop96m
  • St Mary's ChurchBus stop253m
  • Eydon End CottageBus stop407m
  • Culworth HouseBus stop644m

Most reported crime locally

  • Violence & Sexual Offences305 reports41%
  • Anti-social Behaviour127 reports17%
  • Burglary65 reports9%
  • Other Theft58 reports8%

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A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OX17 2BD from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for OX17 2BD

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

42.3dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for OX17 2BD

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

35.7dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
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Level 3 Building Survey

Victorian-eraMid-Terrace HouseEPC DPre-1919 buildNo mains gasPermanent outbuildings

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Comparables

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Method

How to read this page

Where every figure above comes from, how current it is and what it can't tell you.
Valuation method in detail
How the estimate is made
The estimate for Herb Cottage is modelled from its 121 m² EPC floor area, its 3 recorded sales and recent sales of comparable homes in OX17 2BD. It is an automated estimate, not a survey or mortgage valuation: condition, layout and improvements that aren't on record can move the real figure either way.
Where sold prices come from
Sold prices are HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, which covers residential sales in England and Wales since 1995. 3 sales are recorded for Herb Cottage. Sales normally appear two to three months after completion, so the most recent ones take time to show up anywhere.
Reading the EPC
Energy Performance Certificates rate homes from A (most efficient) to G and last 10 years. The latest one for Herb Cottage was lodged in March 2020 at band D and is valid until March 2030. Floor area, heating and insulation details on this page come from it.
Planning records
Planning applications are collected from local authority registers through PlanIt. 2 applications are matched to Herb Cottage. Councils sometimes file applications under a different address format, and applications on neighbouring land aren't listed here; the report covers both.
Area figures
Crime is police-recorded street-level data over the last 15 months, which places each incident at an approximate point. The 1 school and 12 stops listed are measured in a straight line from OX17 2BD, not by walking route. Road noise is Defra's strategic noise modelling, averaged across the postcode.
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