1 Canal Street, Oxford, OX2 6BQ
About 1 Canal Street
1 Canal Street is a two-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Oxford (OX2 6BQ). It has a recorded floor area of 88 m² (around 947 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The rating has held steady at D across 3 certificates since February 2009. Between certificates, lighting went from Very Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Poor to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78). Period features are noted in the property record. The home occupies a corner plot.
One planning record on file: new windows approved in 2020. Past consents include new windows, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 88 m² it's 20.1% larger than the typical home in the postcode (73 m² median across 16 EPCs). Across 2001–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£839/sq ft) was about 131.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: November 2022 at £795,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- ParkingYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
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Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls changed
Windows upgraded, improving insulation
More low energy lighting installed
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
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Planning history
1 application on record at 1 Canal Street, Oxford, OX2 6BQ
- Apr 2020RenovationFullOutcome in report
Replacement fenestration to side and rear elevations; replacement of glass roof panels to rear and replacement of side gates.
New Windows- Documents
- 11 docs on file
- Reference
- 20/00510/FUL
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 1 Canal Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£818,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.8% per year over 21 years.
£795,000
Growth on file: 7.8% per year over 21 years.
Sales timeline
24 November 2022Most recent
£795,000
+13.6%over 2 years19 December 2019
£700,000
+326.8%over 18 years17 December 2001
£164,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX2 6BQ: £415,000 (2024–2011).
Versus other Canal Street homes
Price per m² for 1 Canal Street runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£9,034
Street avg £5,076
Floor Area
88 m²
Street avg 84 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.6 t/year
Street avg 3.9 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Great Clarendon Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School. 17 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
40.4dB






