White Lion Cottage, Oxford Road, Adderbury, Banbury, OX17 3NF

White Lion Cottage is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Adderbury, Banbury, Banbury (OX17 3NF). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows an E (score 51), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since April 2011. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Average, roof efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor and window efficiency went from Poor to Average; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and main heating dropped from Very Good to Good. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.

8 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 105 m² it's 16% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (125 m² median across 7 EPCs). It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 86% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £522,000 is 13.5% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£407/sq ft) was about 42.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £460,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.