Swains Meadow, Church Stretton house prices are built from 122 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1997 and the most recent on 28 Mar 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £92,250. Across the 10 years from 2004 to 2014 the median moved +11.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -13.9%.
Median price paid
£92,250
Change in cash, 2004–2014
+11.4%
Change in real terms
-13.9%
Median per m²
£1,849
HM Land Registry122 sales47 with floor areaLatest sale 28 Mar 2025
Section 01
How Swains Meadow, Church Stretton prices moved
The chart tracks the median Swains Meadow, Church Stretton house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1997 to 2014. 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 | 3 | £42,000 | £93,260 |
| 2000s | 7 | £84,750 | £154,390 |
| 2010s | 1 | £115,000 | £162,150 |
The highest yearly median on record for Swains Meadow, Church Stretton is £119,975 in 2007; the lowest is £34,000 in 1997. Across the full 18-year record the cash median has moved from £34,000 to £115,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £72,090, so the real change over the whole record is +128.8% — about +4.99% 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: +11.4% in cash against -13.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | 28 Mar 2025 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 64 | 18 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £160,000 | £163,478 |
| 71 | 5 May 2023 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £172,874 |
| 81 | 24 Mar 2023 | Semi-detached | £155,000 | £167,471 |
| 68 | 10 Aug 2022 | Semi-detached | £130,000 | £150,616 |
| 72 | 3 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £128,000 | £161,720 |
| 84 | 4 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £122,500 | £158,609 |
| 58 | 3 Aug 2020 | Semi-detached | £134,000 | £173,499 |
| 49 | 6 Jan 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £77,500 | £100,344 |
| 30 | 2 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £129,000 | £167,025 |
| 58 | 24 Jun 2019 | Semi-detached | £134,000 | £175,269 |
| 29 | 31 May 2019 | Terraced | £110,000 | £143,878 |
| 43 | 19 Oct 2018 | Semi-detached | £130,000 | £173,251 |
| 47 | 25 Aug 2017 | Semi-detached | £128,000 | £174,208 |
| 56 | 26 Jun 2017 | Semi-detached | £128,500 | £174,889 |
| 90 | 9 Feb 2017 | Terraced | £114,500 | £155,835 |
| 42 | 8 Nov 2016 | Semi-detached | £126,500 | £176,599 |
| 43 | 22 Apr 2016 | Semi-detached | £118,000 | £164,733 |
| 88 | 31 Mar 2016 | Terraced | £103,000 | £143,792 |
| 21 | 9 Feb 2016 | Semi-detached | £128,000 | £178,693 |
| 37 | 25 Sep 2015 | Terraced | £98,000 | £138,180 |
| 35 | 28 Nov 2014 | Terraced | £110,000 | £157,782 |
| 52 | 30 Oct 2014 | Semi-detached | £123,000 | £176,429 |
| 86 | 22 Oct 2014 | Terraced | £98,000 | £140,570 |
| 72 | 18 Aug 2014 | Terraced | £108,000 | £154,914 |
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 Swains Meadow, Church Stretton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 Swains Meadow | £46,000 (1995) | £160,000 (2025) | +4.2% | +1.6% |
| 64 Swains Meadow | £72,000 (2002) | £160,000 (2025) | +3.5% | +0.7% |
| 71 Swains Meadow | £60,000 (2001) | £160,000 (2023) | +4.6% | +1.8% |
| 68 Swains Meadow | £75,000 (2002) | £130,000 (2022) | +2.8% | +0.2% |
| 72 Swains Meadow | £113,000 (2007) | £128,000 (2021) | +0.9% | -1.4% |
| 84 Swains Meadow | £35,250 (1998) | £122,500 (2020) | +5.8% | +3.6% |
| 58 Swains Meadow | £48,100 (1999) | £134,000 (2020) | +5.0% | +2.8% |
| 49 Swains Meadow | £26,000 (1995) | £77,500 (2020) | +4.5% | +2.2% |
| 30 Swains Meadow | £33,750 (1997) | £129,000 (2020) | +6.0% | +3.8% |
| 29 Swains Meadow | £84,750 (2003) | £110,000 (2019) | +1.6% | -0.7% |
| 43 Swains Meadow | £70,000 (2002) | £130,000 (2018) | +3.9% | +1.6% |
| 56 Swains Meadow | £49,000 (1998) | £128,500 (2017) | +5.2% | +2.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Swains Meadow, Church Stretton 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-detached | 61 | 50.0% | £108,000 | £40,000 – £160,000 |
| Terraced | 51 | 41.8% | £98,000 | £33,000 – £160,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 10 | 8.2% | £35,000 | £26,000 – £77,500 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Swains Meadow, Church Stretton
11 of the sales on record are leasehold and 111 freehold — 9.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £36,500 and the median freehold sale £98,250 — a gap of +169.2%. 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 | 11 | 9.0% | £36,500 |
| Freehold | 111 | 91.0% | £98,250 |
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 Swains Meadow, Church Stretton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Swains Meadow, Church Stretton sits below that national figure — -41.4%.
Within Church Stretton the street ranks 86 of 91 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £205,000 (-55.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,849 per square metre, across 47 of the 122 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 £26,000 to £160,000. 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
- Shrewsbury Road£130,225 median
- Ludlow Road£230,000 median
- Watling Street South£161,000 median
- Stretton Farm Road£199,000 median
- Sandford Avenue£263,000 median
- Clive Avenue£362,000 median
- Churchill Road£271,250 median
- Ashbrook Court£88,000 median
- Carding Mill Valley£267,500 median
- Hazler Road£445,000 median
- Kings Court£120,000 median
- Church Street£218,500 median
- Central Avenue£190,000 median
- Longhills Road£272,500 median
- High Street£195,000 median
- Madeira Walk£97,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 71 Swains Meadow5 sales
- 9 Swains Meadow5 sales
- 23 Swains Meadow5 sales
- 47 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 58 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 43 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 88 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 35 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 25 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 55 Swains Meadow4 sales
- 68 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 72 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 84 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 30 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 56 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 90 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 42 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 86 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 15 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 7 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 66 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 32 Swains Meadow3 sales
- 64 Swains Meadow2 sales
- 49 Swains Meadow2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Swains Meadow, Church Stretton?
The median price paid in Swains Meadow, Church Stretton across every sale on the register is £92,250. 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 Swains Meadow, Church Stretton?
122 sales are on record for Swains Meadow, Church Stretton, the most recent completing on 28 Mar 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Swains Meadow, Church Stretton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +11.4% between 2004 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -13.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Swains Meadow, Church Stretton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £119,975, set in 2007. 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 Swains Meadow, Church Stretton?
£1,849 per square metre, from the 47 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 28 Mar 2025. 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, “Swains Meadow, Church Stretton 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.