Lime Cottage, Bell Lane, Cassington, Witney, OX29 4DS

Lime Cottage is a five-bedroom detached house in Cassington, Witney, Witney (OX29 4DS). It has a recorded floor area of 355 m² (around 3821 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. Other recorded features include outbuildings and attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The latest certificate (July 2025) shows a C (score 71). When first surveyed in January 2024 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Poor to Average and main heating went from Poor to Very Good; while wall efficiency dropped from Very Good to Very Poor and roof efficiency dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 83). Main heating runs on electricity.

At 355 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 26 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 77% of similar EPCs). Today's modelled estimate of £1,177,000 sits 56.9% above the 2021 sale of £750,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£196/sq ft) was about 21.5% below the postcode norm. 11 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 5 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent, which constrain future alterations. Last sale on file: £750,000 in March 2021. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.