12 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
About 12 Bowmens Lea
12 Bowmens Lea is a semi-detached house in Aynho, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3AG). It has a recorded floor area of 115 m² (around 1238 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (May 2021) shows an F (score 26), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 78), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
At 115 m² the property is well over the postcode median (66 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.5% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £432,000 is 10.8% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£315/sq ft) was about 30.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: September 2021 at £390,000. 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 2001.
Energy performance
12 Bowmens Lea sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
1 application on record at 12 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
- Dec 2001FullOutcome in report
Detached double garage and garden store
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- S/2001/1314/P
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Bowmens Lea was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£432,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.5% per year over 25 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 6.5% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
28 September 2021Most recent
£390,000
+393.7%over 25 years22 May 1996
£79,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 3AG: £232,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in OX17 3AG
10 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold May 2025
£315,00011 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Dec 2019
£232,00015 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Dec 2019
£200,00014 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Mar 2016
£215,0004 Bowmens Lea, Aynho, Banbury, OX17 3AG
Sold Oct 2014
£217,000
Versus other Bowmens Lea homes
12 Bowmens Lea is notably below the street on epc rating.
Price per m²
£3,391
Street avg £2,884
Floor Area
115 m²
Street avg 69 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
8.4 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Grammar School — bus stop.
Closest school
2.8 km
Croughton All Saints CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
50.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.7dB







