Mill Cottage, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL
About Mill Cottage
Mill Cottage is a detached house in Lidstone, Chipping Norton, Chipping Norton (OX7 4HL). It has a recorded floor area of 71 m² (around 769 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (September 2010) shows an F (score 22), near the bottom of the EPC scale. Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from September 2010, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 71 m² it sits well below the postcode median (249 m² across 6 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1998–2011, sale prices on this property compounded at 7.6% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £519,000 sits 52.6% above the 2011 sale of £340,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£442/sq ft) was about 56.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 4 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. 15 years since the last transfer (September 2011).
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Mill Cottage sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 28 Sept 2020
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Nov 2016ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey
Alterations and erection of first floor extension.
- Documents
- 7 docs on file
- Reference
- 16/03269/HHD
- Dec 2014ConditionsIn report
Discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of permission 14/0500/P/FP
- Agent
- Oakmasters
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/02123/CND
What's in Mill Cottage, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL's planning history?
2 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 1998.
£519,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 13 years.
£340,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
29 September 2011Most recent
£340,000
+23.6%over 5 years31 May 2006
£275,000
+106.8%over 7 years27 November 1998
£133,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in OX7 4HL: £1,553,600 (2025–2016).
Nearby sales in OX7 4HL
Glyme Bank, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL
Sold Jul 2025
£2,620,000Serenity Park, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL
Sold Jan 2024
£1,085,000Lidstone House, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL
Sold Mar 2021
£4,800,000Lidstone Cottage, Annexe, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL
Sold Jun 2014
£1,200,000The Long House, Lidstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4HL
Sold Dec 2013
£745,000
Everything we know about Mill 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 the street
EPC Rating for Mill Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£4,761
Street avg £10,326
Floor Area
71 m²
Street avg 341 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 9 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
11.0 t/year
Street avg 12.8 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
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.7 km
Lidstone Turn — bus stop.
Closest school
2.1 km
Enstone Primary School. 1 school nearby.
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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
45.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
37.6dB