Church Cottage, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
About Church Cottage
Church Cottage is a detached house in Sulgrave, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 2RP). It has a recorded floor area of 178 m² (around 1916 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (May 2022) shows an E (score 41), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
Today's modelled estimate of £733,000 is 28.2% below the 2022 sale of £1,021,455, a rare downward gap that often correlates with deferred maintenance or unfinished works. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£533/sq ft) was about 230.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 178 m² the property is well over the postcode median (130 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £1,021,455. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. One historical planning record sits against the property in 2019.
Energy performance
Church Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at Church Cottage, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
- Jun 2019Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
Walnut tree - to lift the crown on stone court side only by removing the three lowest limbs at 5cm diameter approximately and reduce the remainder of stone court side by 3 metres approximately.
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2019/0918/TCA
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Church Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£733,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£1,021,455
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
9 November 2022Most recent
£1,021,455
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 2RP: £233,000 (2020–2008).
Nearby sales in OX17 2RP
Bell Cottage, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
Sold Jun 2020
£282,500The Old Forge House, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
Sold Dec 2017
£548,000Ivy Cottage, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
Sold Mar 2008
£170,0001 Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
Sold Dec 2006
£360,000Post Office Cottage, Church Street, Sulgrave, Banbury, OX17 2RP
Sold Nov 2006
£153,000
Versus other Church Street homes
Church Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,739
Street avg £3,145
Floor Area
178 m²
Street avg 139 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 9.3 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
Demand Responsive Area — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Culworth Church of England Primary Academy. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.1dB







