23 Bishop Kirk Place, Oxford, OX2 7HJ
About 23 Bishop Kirk Place
23 Bishop Kirk Place is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Oxford (OX2 7HJ). It has a recorded floor area of 80 m² (around 861 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1996-2002 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (August 2020) returns a B (score 82), comfortably above the UK average. The rating has held steady at B across 2 certificates since August 2010. At 80 m² this is the 5th smallest of 23 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 65–203 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to B, with this unit at the top. On EPC score it ranks first in the building (82 versus a worst of 65).
At 80 m² it's 25.1% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 22 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the top 10% of properties in this postcode. Across 2007–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 3% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£563/sq ft) was about 64.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2022 at £485,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingAllocated
Building
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
23 Bishop Kirk Place ranks among the most efficient homes in the postcode for energy use.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
23 Bishop Kirk Place has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
5 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£497,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.0% per year over 16 years.
£485,000
Growth on file: 3.0% per year over 16 years.
Sales timeline
20 December 2022Most recent
£485,000
+27.3%over 10 years19 July 2012
£381,000
+26.0%over 5 years9 March 2007
£302,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX2 7HJ: £500,000 (2023–2020).
Nearby sales in OX2 7HJ
Versus other Bishop Kirk Place homes
On years held, 23 Bishop Kirk Place runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£6,063
Street avg £4,958
Floor Area
80 m²
Street avg 78 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.4 t/year
Street avg 2.1 t/year
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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
4/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Squitchey Lane west — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Wolvercote Primary School. 8 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.1dB







