Holly Cottage, Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR
About Holly Cottage
Holly Cottage is a three-bedroom detached house in Aston, Oswestry, Oswestry (SY11 4LR). It has a recorded floor area of 133 m² (around 1432 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (February 2024) shows an E (score 39), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 77), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include attached land beyond the plot. Period features are noted in the property record.
Today's modelled estimate of £572,000 is 14.2% below the 2025 sale of £667,000, an unusual pattern given regional price growth and worth checking against the EPC condition. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£466/sq ft) was about 250.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. It changed hands recently, sold February 2025 for £667,000. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2025. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.
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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
- Bedrooms3
- Bathrooms2
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenRear
- GarageDetached
- LandYes
Building
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
Holly Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Holly Cottage has an approved single-storey side extension on the planning record.
- Jun 2025ExtensionFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Side of property
Proposed new single-storey side extension to link existing garage and main dwelling.
- Agent
- Speaks Design Services
- Council
- No Data
- Documents
- 9 docs on file
- Reference
- 25/01448/FUL
What's in Holly Cottage, Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR's planning history?
Refusals, disputes and full decisions on this property and nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Holly Cottage was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£572,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£667,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
13 February 2025Most recent
£667,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SY11 4LR: £270,000 (2025–2013).
Nearby sales in SY11 4LR
2 Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR
Sold Jul 2025
£242,5001 Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR
Sold Jan 2020
£347,2505 Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR
Sold Sept 2017
£340,000Springfield Cottage, Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR
Sold Jul 2016
£270,000The Laurels, Aston Square, Aston, Oswestry, SY11 4LR
Sold Sept 2005
£290,000
Everything we know about Holly 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 other Aston Square homes
Holly Cottage outperforms the street on price per m² by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£5,015
Street avg £2,001
Floor Area
133 m²
Street avg 184 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.8 t/year
Street avg 10.6 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
2.5 km
Whittington CofE (VA) Primary School. 3 schools 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
48.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.8dB