Grove Park, Barnard Castle house prices are built from 128 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 23 Feb 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £78,750. Across the 15 years from 2007 to 2022 the median moved +6.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -29.4%.
Median price paid
£78,750
Change in cash, 2007–2022
+6.0%
Change in real terms
-29.4%
Median per m²
£1,090
HM Land Registry128 sales14 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Feb 2026
Section 01
How Grove Park, Barnard Castle prices moved
The chart tracks the median Grove Park, Barnard Castle house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2022. 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 | 4 | £50,950 | £113,133 |
| 2000s | 4 | £93,000 | £169,419 |
| 2010s | 2 | £78,500 | £110,685 |
| 2020s | 1 | £115,000 | £117,500 |
The highest yearly median on record for Grove Park, Barnard Castle is £115,000 in 2022; the lowest is £49,250 in 1997. Across the full 27-year record the cash median has moved from £56,000 to £115,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £121,477, so the real change over the whole record is +9.7% — about +0.36% 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: +6.0% in cash against -29.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | 23 Feb 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £19,000 | £19,000 |
| 10 | 19 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £112,391 |
| 36 | 27 Nov 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £70,000 | £71,522 |
| 5 | 31 Oct 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £86,848 |
| 26 | 19 Sep 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £128,000 | £130,783 |
| 1 | 7 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £105,000 | £110,485 |
| 23 | 24 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £94,701 |
| 13 | 1 May 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £105,224 |
| 8 | 26 Apr 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £94,701 |
| 17 | 3 Nov 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £118,851 |
| 6 | 19 Oct 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £108,250 | £116,960 |
| 29 | 28 Apr 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £62,500 | £67,529 |
| 11 | 9 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £130,000 | £150,616 |
| 35 | 30 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £71,000 | £82,260 |
| 14 | 31 Aug 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £82,500 | £95,583 |
| 9 | 16 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £139,030 |
| 17 | 11 Feb 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £115,000 | £133,237 |
| 27 | 3 Feb 2022 | Detached | £120,000 | £139,030 |
| 5 | 25 Jan 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £98,480 |
| 3 | 22 Oct 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £110,000 | £138,978 |
| 30 | 17 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £84,000 | £106,129 |
| 17 | 18 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £113,500 | £143,401 |
| 28 | 18 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £155,372 |
| 36 | 6 Jan 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £89,000 | £115,234 |
| 26 | 29 Nov 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £112,500 | £147,147 |
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 Grove Park, Barnard Castle values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 Grove Park | £47,495 (1995) | £19,000 (2026) | -2.9% | -5.4% |
| 10 Grove Park | £50,950 (1998) | £110,000 (2025) | +2.9% | +0.2% |
| 36 Grove Park | £59,950 (2018) | £70,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -1.6% |
| 5 Grove Park | £52,500 (1999) | £85,000 (2025) | +1.9% | -0.8% |
| 26 Grove Park | £56,995 (1995) | £128,000 (2025) | +2.7% | +0.1% |
| 1 Grove Park | £51,950 (1998) | £105,000 (2024) | +2.7% | +0.1% |
| 23 Grove Park | £59,000 (1996) | £90,000 (2024) | +1.5% | -1.1% |
| 13 Grove Park | £50,950 (1998) | £100,000 (2024) | +2.6% | 0.0% |
| 8 Grove Park | £52,500 (1999) | £90,000 (2024) | +2.2% | -0.5% |
| 17 Grove Park | £51,950 (1998) | £110,000 (2023) | +3.0% | +0.4% |
| 6 Grove Park | £52,500 (1999) | £108,250 (2023) | +3.1% | +0.4% |
| 11 Grove Park | £50,950 (1998) | £130,000 (2022) | +4.0% | +1.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Grove Park, Barnard Castle 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 | 118 | 92.2% | £75,000 | £19,000 – £128,000 |
| Detached | 5 | 3.9% | £79,000 | £47,500 – £120,000 |
| Terraced | 4 | 3.1% | £115,000 | £106,000 – £130,000 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 0.8% | £50,000 | £50,000 – £50,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Grove Park, Barnard Castle
128 of the sales on record are leasehold and 0 freehold — 100.0% 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.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 128 | 100.0% | £78,750 |
| Freehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| New build | 30 | 23.4% | £51,950 |
| Existing home | 98 | 76.6% | £90,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -42.3%. 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 1 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 Grove Park, Barnard Castle compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Grove Park, Barnard Castle sits below that national figure — -50.0%.
Within Barnard Castle the street ranks 182 of 195 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £142,000 (-44.5%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,090 per square metre, across 14 of the 128 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 £19,000 to £130,000. 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
- Galgate£160,000 median
- Bouch Way£120,000 median
- Woodside£246,300 median
- Bartlemere£133,750 median
- High Riggs£122,500 median
- Victoria Road£150,000 median
- Newgate£150,000 median
- Churchill Road£95,000 median
- Grangefields£186,000 median
- Thorngate£181,625 median
- Marwood Drive£142,500 median
- Market Place£100,000 median
- Merlin Drive£392,346 median
- Queen Street£110,000 median
- Low Mill£82,750 median
- Startforth Park£139,995 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 17 Grove Park8 sales
- 11 Grove Park5 sales
- 20 Grove Park5 sales
- 19 Grove Park5 sales
- 10 Grove Park4 sales
- 5 Grove Park4 sales
- 9 Grove Park4 sales
- 3 Grove Park4 sales
- 28 Grove Park4 sales
- 21 Grove Park4 sales
- 18 Grove Park4 sales
- 43 Grove Park4 sales
- 24 Grove Park4 sales
- 34 Grove Park3 sales
- 36 Grove Park3 sales
- 26 Grove Park3 sales
- 1 Grove Park3 sales
- 8 Grove Park3 sales
- 6 Grove Park3 sales
- 35 Grove Park3 sales
- 14 Grove Park3 sales
- 27 Grove Park3 sales
- 7 Grove Park3 sales
- 38 Grove Park3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Grove Park, Barnard Castle?
The median price paid in Grove Park, Barnard Castle across every sale on the register is £78,750. 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 Grove Park, Barnard Castle?
128 sales are on record for Grove Park, Barnard Castle, the most recent completing on 23 Feb 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Grove Park, Barnard Castle house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +6.0% between 2007 and 2022. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -29.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Grove Park, Barnard Castle house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £115,000, set in 2022. 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 Grove Park, Barnard Castle?
£1,090 per square metre, from the 14 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 23 Feb 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, “Grove Park, Barnard Castle 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.