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Get started3 Masons Arms Cottages is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Swerford, Chipping Norton, Chipping Norton (OX7 4AP). It has a recorded floor area of 82 m² (around 883 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (October 2024) shows an E (score 47), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The rating has held steady at E across 2 certificates since June 2014. Between certificates, lighting went from Good to Very Good; while roof efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 82), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £423,000 sits 59.6% above the 2014 sale of £265,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£300/sq ft) was about 29.7% below the postcode norm. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. It lags the bulk of the postcode on energy efficiency (less efficient than 75% of similar EPCs). Last changed hands 12 years ago, in November 2014.
3 Masons Arms Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
3 Masons Arms Cottages has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
Erection of replacement garage/store (Discharge of condition 3 of Planning Permission 15/01269/HHD).
3 Masons Arms Cottages's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£423,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 13 years.
£265,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 13 years.
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3 Masons Arms Cottages is notably below the street on floor area.
EPC Rating
47 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
82 m²
Street avg 148 m²
CO₂ Emissions
6.3 t/year
Street avg 8.7 t/year
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.9 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB

Changes detected from historical EPC data
Heating controls upgraded for better temperature management
More low energy lighting installed
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Erection of replacement garage/store.
2 more applications for this property
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7 November 2014Most recent
£265,000
+71.0%over 11 years3 February 2003
£155,000
+14.8%over 1 year14 September 2001
£135,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX7 4AP: £281,000 (2018–2010).
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Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
OX7 4NA
Primary School — bus stop.
Closest school
2.0 km
Great Tew County Primary School. 1 school nearby.
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.5dB