Garage Cottage, Main Street, Charlton, Banbury, OX17 3DR
About Garage Cottage
Garage Cottage is a detached house in Charlton, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3DR). It has a recorded floor area of 121 m² (around 1302 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (May 2016) shows a D (score 61), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. The latest certificate is from May 2016, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 121 m² it's 25.5% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (163 m² median across 14 EPCs).
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 24 May 2026
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Garage Cottage has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
4 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Garage Cottage has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£576,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 3DR: £594,000 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in OX17 3DR
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Sold Mar 2025
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Sold Jul 2023
£447,500Greystones, Main Street, Charlton, Banbury, OX17 3DR
Sold Aug 2020
£938,150Stone Cottage, Main Street, Charlton, Banbury, OX17 3DR
Sold Aug 2019
£335,000The Old Bakehouse, Main Street, Charlton, Banbury, OX17 3DR
Sold Jul 2016
£594,000
Versus other Main Street homes
Garage Cottage outperforms the street on epc rating by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
61 (D)
Street avg 49 (E)
Floor Area
121 m²
Street avg 191 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 11.2 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
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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
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Newbottle and Charlton Church of England Primary School. 3 schools 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
43.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.4dB







