Herb Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
About Herb Cottage
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.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- GarageYes
- OutbuildingsYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
Herb Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
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Planning history
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
- May 2006DemolitionFullOutcome 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
- More recent applications — locked
- DemolitionJan 2008Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Herb Cottage has more than doubled in price since the earliest registered sale in 2004.
£473,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 19 years.
£470,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 19 years.
Sales timeline
16 December 2022Most recent
£470,000
+36.2%over 6 years4 November 2016
£345,000
+93.8%over 12 years14 January 2004
£178,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 2BD: £263,000 (2025–2020).
Nearby sales in OX17 2BD
2 Red Lion Cottages, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
Sold Feb 2025
£260,0004 Red Lion Cottages, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
Sold Oct 2024
£335,000The Nook, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
Sold Dec 2022
£250,000Fairway Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
Sold Jul 2022
£525,000Westward Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BD
Sold Aug 2017
£370,000
Versus other High Street homes
Habitable Rooms for Herb Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,884
Street avg £3,379
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 129 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
6.1 t/year
Street avg 7.7 t/year
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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
0.1 km
The Green — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.3dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB