1 Wootton Cottages, Queens Head, Oswestry, SY11 4LJ
About 1 Wootton Cottages
1 Wootton Cottages is a detached house in Queens Head, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 4LJ). It has a recorded floor area of 199 m² (around 2142 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band B. The latest certificate (July 2016) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 79), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
At 199 m² the property is well over the postcode median (77 m² across 4 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2016–2020, sale prices on this property compounded at 3.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £704,000 is 18.3% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£278/sq ft) was about 360% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: October 2020 at £595,000.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
1 Wootton Cottages's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Council records include a two-storey extension at 1 Wootton Cottages.
- Aug 2007ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Two storey
Proposed two storey extension to dwelling
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- OS/07/15089/FUL
- Dec 2004ExtensionFullIn report
Alterations and extensions to dwelling
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- OS/04/13501/FUL
What's in 1 Wootton Cottages, Queens Head, Oswestry, SY11 4LJ's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.
£704,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 3.2% per year over 4 years.
£595,000
Growth on file: 3.2% per year over 4 years.
Sales timeline
15 October 2020Most recent
£595,000
+13.3%over 4 years11 October 2016
£525,000
Median price across the last 4 sales in SY11 4LJ: £175,750 (2025–1996).
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Versus the street
EPC Rating for 1 Wootton Cottages lags the street by a wide margin.
EPC Rating
39 (E)
Street avg 56 (D)
Floor Area
199 m²
Street avg 80 m²
CO₂ Emissions
12.0 t/year
Street avg 4.6 t/year
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
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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
2.4 km
West Felton Church of England Primary School and Nursery. 1 school nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
49.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
41.7dB