The Old Chapel, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT
About The Old Chapel
The Old Chapel is a five-bedroom detached house in Leafield, Witney, Witney (OX29 9NT). It has a recorded floor area of 182 m² (around 1959 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. Tenure is freehold. The property has solar panels on record, all of which lower running costs and tend to lift resale appeal. Other recorded features include a self-contained annexe. The latest certificate (March 2022) shows a C (score 72). The recommended improvements would push it to B (score 86).
At 182 m² the property is well over the postcode median (84 m² across 29 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. 6 planning records sit against the property, 6 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include new windows, an extension and a porch, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 1999–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£459/sq ft) was about 93.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold August 2022 for £900,000. 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
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-facing
Building
- TenureFreehold
- Solar panelsYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
The Old Chapel has been through 6 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- Sept 2019ConditionsIn report
Discharge of Condition 3 (Window Details) of planning permission 18/00133/HHD
- Documents
- 5 docs on file
- Reference
- 19/02343/CND
- Mar 2018RenovationFullIn report
Removal of a kitchen window, French doors and masonry construction, to allow the construction of a 3 panel glazed sliding door. Introduction of a traditional sliding sash window into the South Eastern elevation.
New Windows- Reference
- 18/00133/HHD
What's in The Old Chapel, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT's planning history?
4 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 1999.
£928,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.1% per year over 23 years.
£900,000
Growth on file: 6.1% per year over 23 years.
Sales timeline
23 August 2022Most recent
£900,000
+114.3%over 16 years6 June 2006
£420,000
+82.6%over 6 years16 September 1999
£230,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX29 9NT: £340,000 (2024–2021).
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Sold Jan 2023
£527,5008a, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT
Sold Jun 2021
£300,000New Road Villa, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT
Sold Jun 2021
£263,0009a, Fairspear Road, Leafield, Witney, OX29 9NT
Sold Jun 2021
£340,000
Everything we know about The Old Chapel, in one report
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Versus other Fairspear Road homes
The Old Chapel outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,945
Street avg £2,787
Floor Area
182 m²
Street avg 106 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.2 t/year
Street avg 3.9 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
The Fox — bus stop.
Closest school
0.3 km
Leafield Church of England Primary School. 1 school 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
42.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.9dB