Wren Cottage, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EG
About Wren Cottage
Wren Cottage is a mid-terrace house in Adderbury, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3EG). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (December 2020) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
2 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 111 m² it's 18.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (94 m² median across 3 EPCs). Across 1999–2019, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £455,000 is 19.7% above the 2019 sale price. Most recent transfer: December 2019 at £380,000.
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
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Planning history
Planning history at Wren Cottage is exclusively tree-management applications — typical for a property with mature trees on or near the plot.
2 applications on record at Wren Cottage, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EG
1 live now- Nov 2013Tree WorksTreesOutcome in report
T1 x Goat Willow - Fell
- Documents
- 10 docs on file
- Reference
- 13/00309/TCA
- More recent applications — locked
- Tree WorksApr 2026Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1999.
£455,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 20 years.
£380,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
10 December 2019Most recent
£380,000
+120.3%over 20 years28 October 1999
£172,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX17 3EG: £170,000 (2020–1996).
Nearby sales in OX17 3EG
Cross Hill House, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EG
Sold Aug 2020
£3,212,000Old Chapel, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EG
Sold Aug 2017
£170,000Vine Cottage, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EG
Sold Jun 2002
£250,000Rose Cottage, Cross Hill Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3EG
Sold Feb 2001
£157,000
Versus other Cross Hill Road homes
EPC Rating
64 (D)
Street avg 47 (E)
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 265 m²
CO₂ Emissions
4.4 t/year
Street avg 23.5 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 8 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
0.1 km
Old Post Office — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Christopher Rawlins Church of England Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.5dB







