1 Cross Street, Oxford, OX4 1BZ
About 1 Cross Street
1 Cross Street is an end-of-terrace house in Oxford (OX4 1BZ). It has a recorded floor area of 101 m² (around 1087 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2024) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 86), a 2-band jump.
At 101 m² the property is well over the postcode median (64 m² across 36 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. One planning record on file: tree works approved in 2011. Past consents include tree works, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
EPC Rating
Planning history
- Jan 2011Tree WorksTreesIn report
Prune (reduce By 20% of crown volume) horse chestnut tree referenced T.1 on the Oxford City Council - Cross Street (No.1) Tree Preservation Order, 1998
- Reference
- 11/00121/TPO
We flagged 2 things worth checking at 1 Cross Street
Independent checks surfaced things a buyer would want to understand before offering. The report explains each one in full, with the underlying data and what to ask.
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
1 Cross Street has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£560,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX4 1BZ: £500,000 (2024–2020).
Nearby sales in OX4 1BZ
Everything we know about 1 Cross Street, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Signs of HMO activity in the area
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Cross Street homes
1 Cross Street outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
56 (D)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
101 m²
Street avg 75 m²
CO₂ Emissions
5.4 t/year
Street avg 4.0 t/year
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Glebe Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
East Oxford Primary School. 29 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.2dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
42.9dB