Post Office Cottage, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF
About Post Office Cottage
Post Office Cottage is a semi-detached house in Whittington, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 4DF). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft) and construction records dating it to before 1900. The latest certificate (January 2022) shows a D (score 58), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 76).
Across 2002–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.8% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £286,000 is 11.1% above the 2022 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£269/sq ft) was about 108% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 89 m² it's 19.8% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (111 m² median across 9 EPCs). Most recent transfer: October 2022 at £257,500. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
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Valuation
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Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
Post Office Cottage has no planning applications on record.
The full report still covers planning activity across the surrounding area.
Sales history & valuation
Sale price has at least doubled since 2002.
£286,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.8% per year over 20 years.
£257,500
Growth on file: 4.8% per year over 20 years.
Sales timeline
10 October 2022Most recent
£257,500
+49.7%over 14 years6 August 2008
£172,000
+73.7%over 6 years30 May 2002
£99,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY11 4DF: £265,000 (2023–2021).
Nearby sales in SY11 4DF
Chetwynd, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF
Sold Dec 2023
£304,000Rose Neath, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF
Sold Oct 2023
£332,000Old Post House, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF
Sold Jun 2021
£246,000An Chy Un Lur, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF
Sold Feb 2021
£218,950Castle Cottage, Castle Street, Whittington, Oswestry, SY11 4DF
Sold Nov 2017
£271,000
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Versus other Castle Street homes
Price per m² for Post Office Cottage runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,893
Street avg £1,699
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 119 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.9 t/year
Street avg 4.7 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Closest school
0.2 km
Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School. 2 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
48.1dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.3dB