West Street, Axminster house prices are built from 197 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 14 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £130,000. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -37.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -54.9%.
Median price paid
£130,000
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-37.7%
Change in real terms
-54.9%
Median per m²
£1,953
HM Land Registry197 sales49 with floor areaLatest sale 14 May 2026
Section 01
How West Street, Axminster prices moved
The chart tracks the median West Street, Axminster house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1999 to 2025. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | £48,000 | £106,583 |
| 2000s | 6 | £157,950 | £287,738 |
| 2010s | 8 | £130,500 | £184,005 |
| 2020s | 6 | £110,000 | £112,391 |
The highest yearly median on record for West Street, Axminster is £195,700 in 2004; the lowest is £48,000 in 1999. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £48,000 to £80,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £97,803, so the real change over the whole record is -16.4% — about -0.69% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: -37.7% in cash against -54.9% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 Minster Court | 14 May 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| Flat 1 Belle Vue | 24 Apr 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 8 Minster Court | 5 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £81,739 |
| 16 Minster Court | 5 Jun 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £77,500 | £79,185 |
| Flat 5 the Shrubbery | 23 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £137,500 | £140,489 |
| 18 Minster Court | 22 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £69,950 | £71,471 |
| Flat 2 the Estate House | 17 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £143,043 |
| Windsor House | 9 Dec 2024 | Terraced | £390,000 | £410,373 |
| Flat 2 Belle Vue | 23 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £226,000 | £237,806 |
| 33 Minster Court | 16 Aug 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £57,500 | £60,504 |
| 34 Minster Court | 25 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £94,701 |
| 26 Minster Court | 17 Jul 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £84,179 |
| 12 the Shrubbery | 24 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £198,000 | £208,343 |
| Flat 2 the Shrubbery | 22 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £126,000 | £132,582 |
| Flat 15 Mellowes Court | 8 Mar 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £115,746 |
| 6 Minster Court | 29 Feb 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £92,500 | £97,332 |
| Flat 5 Mellowes Court | 14 Sep 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £135,057 |
| 25 Minster Court | 30 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £91,000 | £98,322 |
| Flat 7 the Shrubbery | 14 Jun 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £135,057 |
| 2 Minster Court | 31 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £175,000 | £189,080 |
| 3 Miltons Yard | 24 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £130,500 | £141,000 |
| 37 Minster Court | 11 Jan 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £83,250 | £89,948 |
| Flat 8 the Shrubbery | 22 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £144,823 |
| 6 Minster Court | 9 Jun 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £81,101 |
| Flat 1 Battens Barclays Bank | 12 May 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £144,823 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to West Street, Axminster values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 MINSTER COURT West Street | £154,950 (2005) | £65,000 (2026) | -4.1% | -6.8% |
| FLAT 1 BELLE VUE West Street | £60,000 (1998) | £210,000 (2026) | +4.6% | +1.9% |
| 8 MINSTER COURT West Street | £182,000 (2006) | £80,000 (2025) | -4.2% | -7.0% |
| 16 MINSTER COURT West Street | £160,950 (2006) | £77,500 (2025) | -3.8% | -6.5% |
| FLAT 5 the SHRUBBERY West Street | £71,950 (2000) | £137,500 (2025) | +2.6% | -0.1% |
| 18 MINSTER COURT West Street | £142,450 (2007) | £69,950 (2025) | -3.9% | -6.7% |
| FLAT 2 the ESTATE HOUSE West Street | £90,000 (2003) | £140,000 (2025) | +2.0% | -0.8% |
| WINDSOR HOUSE West Street | £87,500 (2000) | £390,000 (2024) | +6.4% | +3.6% |
| FLAT 2 BELLE VUE West Street | £60,000 (1999) | £226,000 (2024) | +5.4% | +2.7% |
| 33 MINSTER COURT West Street | £153,950 (2006) | £57,500 (2024) | -5.3% | -8.1% |
| 34 MINSTER COURT West Street | £218,500 (2005) | £90,000 (2024) | -4.6% | -7.3% |
| 26 MINSTER COURT West Street | £158,450 (2004) | £80,000 (2024) | -3.4% | -6.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. West Street, Axminster is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 179 | 90.9% | £129,000 | £40,000 – £249,450 |
| Semi-detached | 8 | 4.1% | £81,999 | £66,000 – £369,000 |
| Terraced | 8 | 4.1% | £215,000 | £82,499 – £390,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 1.0% | £169,000 | £169,000 – £218,400 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in West Street, Axminster
177 of the sales on record are leasehold and 20 freehold — 89.8% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
The median leasehold sale is £129,000 and the median freehold sale £191,500 — a gap of +48.4%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 177 | 89.8% | £129,000 |
| Freehold | 20 | 10.2% | £191,500 |
| New build | 55 | 27.9% | £157,950 |
| Existing home | 142 | 72.1% | £126,750 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +24.6%. A new-build premium is normal: the buyer gets a warranty and nothing to fix, and the price is set by a developer rather than negotiated between two households.
A further 6 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 09
How West Street, Axminster compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. West Street, Axminster sits below that national figure — -17.5%.
Within Axminster the street ranks 170 of 195 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £195,000 (-33.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,953 per square metre, across 49 of the 197 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £40,000 to £390,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Dukes Way£205,000 median
- The Cricketers£117,500 median
- Lyme Road£200,000 median
- Flax Meadow Lane£185,000 median
- Willhayes Park£150,000 median
- Cherry Tree Road£174,000 median
- Woodbury Park£151,500 median
- North Street£136,000 median
- Musbury Road£170,000 median
- Crewkerne Road£329,500 median
- Castle Hill£109,000 median
- Abbey Close£232,000 median
- Woodbury Way£194,500 median
- Chard Road£174,000 median
- Green Lane£300,000 median
- Brunenburg Way£204,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- WINDSOR HOUSE West Street8 sales
- FLAT 6, the SHRUBBERY West Street6 sales
- FLAT 5, the SHRUBBERY West Street4 sales
- FLAT 2, BELLE VUE West Street4 sales
- 25, MINSTER COURT West Street4 sales
- 2, MINSTER COURT West Street4 sales
- 38, MINSTER COURT West Street4 sales
- FLAT 7, BELLE VUE West Street4 sales
- 44, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- FLAT 1, BELLE VUE West Street3 sales
- 16, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- 18, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- 34, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- 26, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- FLAT 2, the SHRUBBERY West Street3 sales
- FLAT 15, MELLOWES COURT West Street3 sales
- 6, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- FLAT 5, MELLOWES COURT West Street3 sales
- 3, MILTONS YARD West Street3 sales
- 37, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- FLAT 3, MELLOWES COURT West Street3 sales
- FLAT 8, MELLOWES COURT West Street3 sales
- 23, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
- 42, MINSTER COURT West Street3 sales
Back to Axminster house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in West Street, Axminster?
The median price paid in West Street, Axminster across every sale on the register is £130,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in West Street, Axminster?
197 sales are on record for West Street, Axminster, the most recent completing on 14 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have West Street, Axminster house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -37.7% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -54.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were West Street, Axminster house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £195,700, set in 2004. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in West Street, Axminster?
£1,953 per square metre, from the 49 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 14 May 2026. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “West Street, Axminster house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.