The Windrush Drive Cottage, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB
About The Windrush Drive Cottage
The Windrush Drive Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Minster Lovell, Witney, Witney (OX29 0RB). It has a recorded floor area of 136 m² (around 1464 sq ft) and construction records dating it to 1950-1966. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would push it to D (score 66). Main heating runs on lpg. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
At 136 m² the property is well over the postcode median (38 m² across 7 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Across 2004–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 4% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £485,000 is 24.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£266/sq ft) was about 28.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Last sale on file: £390,000 in May 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- GarageYes
Building
- Extension potentialPossible
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Feb 2009OutbuildingFullIn report
Erection of detached double garage and workshop with home office above (to allow changes to front elevation and materials).
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 09/0013/P/FP
- Nov 2004FullIn report
Removal of existing two garden sheds and erection of one garden shed,
- Documents
- 1 doc on file
- Reference
- 04/2031/P/FP
What's in The Windrush Drive Cottage, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£485,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.0% per year over 17 years.
£390,000
Growth on file: 4.0% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
26 May 2021Most recent
£390,000
+91.2%over 16 years23 September 2004
£204,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX29 0RB: £500,000 (2021–2014).
Nearby sales in OX29 0RB
Downs House, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB
Sold Sept 2021
£535,000Wycombe, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB
Sold Jun 2021
£575,000The Anchorage, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB
Sold Jun 2016
£301,500Inglenook, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB
Sold Nov 2014
£500,000Old Police House, Burford Road, Minster Lovell, Witney, OX29 0RB
Sold Mar 2014
£580,000
Everything we know about The Windrush Drive Cottage, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Burford Road homes
The Windrush Drive Cottage is notably below the street on epc rating.
EPC Rating
42 (E)
Street avg 52 (E)
Floor Area
136 m²
Street avg 64 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.8 t/year
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 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
Downs Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.3 km
Windrush Church of England Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
38.4dB