Danvers Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BE
About Danvers Cottage
Danvers Cottage is a four-bedroom detached house in Culworth, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2BE). It has a recorded floor area of 156 m² (around 1679 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (February 2018) shows an E (score 40), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.
At 156 m² it's 25.9% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (211 m² median across 4 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 2003–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £628,000 is 17.4% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£319/sq ft) was about 45.7% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: August 2020 at £535,000.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- Cul-de-sacYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
Danvers Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Danvers Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£628,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 17 years.
£535,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
26 August 2020Most recent
£535,000
+54.0%over 16 years7 September 2003
£347,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 2BE: £850,000 (2025–2017).
Nearby sales in OX17 2BE
Hillway, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BE
Sold Jul 2025
£850,000Tithe Cottage, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BE
Sold May 2024
£1,225,000Mountfield, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BE
Sold Apr 2023
£654,000Paddocks Farm, The Barn, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BE
Sold Mar 2016
£775,000Paddocks Farm, High Street, Culworth, Banbury, OX17 2BE
Sold Aug 2014
£740,000
Versus other High Street homes
On epc rating, Danvers Cottage runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,429
Street avg £3,301
Floor Area
156 m²
Street avg 256 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 8 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
10.0 t/year
Street avg 9.1 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
0.2 km
Eydon End Cottage — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.7dB







