Barbury Cottage, Clarkes Lane, St Martins, Oswestry, SY11 3ES

Barbury Cottage is a one-bedroom detached house in St. Martins, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 3ES). It has a recorded floor area of 39 m² (around 420 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (October 2008) shows a G (score 1), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The latest certificate is from October 2008, so improvements made since then won't be reflected. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy. The home occupies a cul-de-sac position.

It hasn't traded since September 2009, a hold of 17 years that's notably long for the area. That sale fell during the post-crash dip, which often skews comparisons against later neighbouring sales. At 39 m² it sits well below the postcode median (106 m² across 5 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. 1 bedrooms is on the smaller side for this postcode, where 3 is the typical count. Today's modelled estimate of £200,000 sits 68.8% above the 2009 sale of £118,500. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£282/sq ft) was about 53.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2011. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.