8 Gobowen Road, Oswestry, SY11 1BX
About 8 Gobowen Road
8 Gobowen Road is a two-bedroom detached house in Oswestry (SY11 1BX). It has a recorded floor area of 54 m² (around 581 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2007-2011 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (March 2021) returns a B (score 81), comfortably above the UK average. At 54 m² this is the 2nd smallest of 29 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 53–132 m². The building's EPC ratings span C to B, with this unit at the top. Other recorded features include a balcony. The home occupies a corner plot.
At 54 m² it sits well below the postcode median (111 m² across 28 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 89% of similar EPCs). Across 2016–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 1% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£206/sq ft) was about 35.6% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: May 2022 at £120,000. 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
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms1
Outside
- Private gardenWrap around
- GarageDouble
- BalconyYes
- Corner plotYes
Building
- Heating systemElectric
Energy performance
8 Gobowen Road's carbon output is low for the local stock.
EPC Rating
Planning history
8 Gobowen Road has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
1applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£126,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 1.0% per year over 6 years.
£120,000
Growth on file: 1.0% per year over 6 years.
Sales timeline
24 May 2022Most recent
£120,000
+6.2%over 6 years2 February 2016
£113,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY11 1BX: £115,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in SY11 1BX
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Versus other Gobowen Road homes
8 Gobowen Road outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,222
Street avg £1,951
Floor Area
54 m²
Street avg 61 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
1.1 t/year
Street avg 1.5 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.5 km
Woodside Primary School. 6 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
51.4dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB