Sold Price History


Godstone Hill, Godstone house prices

Godstone Hill, Godstone house prices are built from 71 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 22 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £240,000. Across the 15 years from 1996 to 2011 the median moved +327.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +201.9%.

Median price paid

£240,000

Change in cash, 1996–2011

+327.4%

Change in real terms

+201.9%

Median per m²

£3,704

HM Land Registry71 sales9 with floor areaLatest sale 22 May 2026

Section 01

How Godstone Hill, Godstone prices moved

The chart tracks the median Godstone Hill, Godstone house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2011. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.

Godstone Hill, Godstone house prices by year, median price paid 1996 to 2011
Solid line: the median price actually paid. Dashed line: the same medians restated in 2026 money using ONS CPIH.
DecadeYears with salesMedian paidIn today's money
1990s1£58,500£129,898
2000s1£186,500£339,748
2010s1£250,000£352,500
Median of the yearly medians in each decade.

The highest yearly median on record for Godstone Hill, Godstone is £250,000 in 2011; the lowest is £58,500 in 1996. Across the full 16-year record the cash median has moved from £58,500 to £250,000.

In 2026 money that first median is worth £126,900, so the real change over the whole record is +201.9% — about +7.65% 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: +327.4% in cash against +201.9% 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.

AddressSoldTypePrice paidIn today's money
Staplehurst22 May 2026Semi-detached£330,000£330,000
5 Elm Cottages21 Nov 2025Terraced£360,000£367,826
3 Elm Cottages30 Oct 2025Terraced£315,000£321,848
Flat 2 Pillar Box House17 Jul 2025Flat or maisonette£325,000£332,065
1 Castle View24 Jun 2024Semi-detached£575,000£605,037
Flat 1 Pillar Box House14 May 2024Flat or maisonette£315,000£331,455
2 Willow Cottages25 Jun 2021Terraced£396,950£501,523
Mead Cottage13 Apr 2021Detached£531,500£671,519
Fairview12 Mar 2021Semi-detached£555,000£701,210
The Haven22 Feb 2021Detached£495,000£625,403
1 Willow Cottages28 Sep 2018Terraced£323,000£430,463
3 Garry Cottages27 Jul 2017Detached£575,000£782,577
6 Elm Cottages4 May 2017Terraced£327,000£445,048
5 Elm Cottages10 Mar 2017Terraced£315,000£428,716
3 Garry Cottages3 Jun 2016Detached£530,000£739,901
4 Elm Cottages24 Mar 2016Terraced£280,000£390,891
3 Elm Cottages29 Jan 2016Terraced£265,000£369,950
6 Elm Cottages23 Jul 2015Terraced£277,500£391,275
3 Willow Cottages31 Oct 2014Semi-detached£300,000£430,315
Fairview1 Aug 2014Semi-detached£468,000£671,292
Paygate Hill Cottage11 Oct 2013Semi-detached£339,000£494,302
2 Tylers Green Cottages21 Mar 2012Semi-detached£282,000£421,208
Springfield14 Feb 2012Detached£390,000£582,521
2 Garry Cottages9 Feb 2012Semi-detached£235,000£351,006
3 Garry Cottages17 Oct 2011Detached£435,000£666,685
The 25 most recent sales on the record.

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 Godstone Hill, Godstone values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.

AddressFirst recorded saleMost recent saleCash a yearReal a year
5 ELM COTTAGES Godstone Hill£68,550 (1996)£360,000 (2025)+5.9%+3.2%
3 ELM COTTAGES Godstone Hill£59,000 (1996)£315,000 (2025)+5.9%+3.2%
2 WILLOW COTTAGES Godstone Hill£155,000 (2001)£396,950 (2021)+4.8%+2.5%
MEAD COTTAGE Godstone Hill£166,000 (1999)£531,500 (2021)+5.4%+3.2%
FAIRVIEW Godstone Hill£152,500 (2000)£555,000 (2021)+6.3%+4.0%
1 WILLOW COTTAGES Godstone Hill£85,000 (1997)£323,000 (2018)+6.6%+4.2%
3 GARRY COTTAGES Godstone Hill£435,000 (2011)£575,000 (2017)+4.8%+2.7%
6 ELM COTTAGES Godstone Hill£80,500 (1998)£327,000 (2017)+7.7%+5.3%
4 ELM COTTAGES Godstone Hill£165,000 (2011)£280,000 (2016)+11.2%+9.1%
3 WILLOW COTTAGES Godstone Hill£209,500 (2005)£300,000 (2014)+4.1%+1.3%
PAYGATE HILL COTTAGE Godstone Hill£217,500 (2004)£339,000 (2013)+5.1%+2.3%
SPRINGFIELD Godstone Hill£350,000 (2003)£390,000 (2012)+1.2%-1.4%
Annualised change between the first and last recorded sale of the same address.

Section 04

What sells here

The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Godstone Hill, Godstone is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.

Property typeSalesShareMedian paidRange
Terraced3042.3%£189,950£42,500 – £396,950
Semi-detached2738.0%£240,000£51,500 – £575,000
Detached1216.9%£320,000£138,000 – £575,000
Flat or maisonette22.8%£315,000£315,000 – £325,000
Property types as recorded by HM Land Registry.

Section 06

Ownership and new build in Godstone Hill, Godstone

2 of the sales on record are leasehold and 69 freehold — 2.8% 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 £320,000 and the median freehold sale £239,950 — a gap of -25.0%. Most of that gap is property type rather than tenure itself: leasehold here is largely flats, freehold largely houses.

CategorySalesShareMedian paid
Leasehold22.8%£320,000
Freehold6997.2%£239,950
New build45.6%£182,500
Existing home6794.4%£240,000
Shares are of the sales used on this page.

New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -24.0%. 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 Godstone Hill, Godstone compares

The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Godstone Hill, Godstone sits above that national figure — +52.4%.

Within Godstone the street ranks 42 of 67 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £250,000 (-4.0%).

Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,704 per square metre, across 9 of the 71 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 £42,500 to £575,000. 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

Addresses with more than one recorded sale

Back to Godstone house prices.

Quick answers

Common questions about this data

What is the average house price in Godstone Hill, Godstone?

The median price paid in Godstone Hill, Godstone across every sale on the register is £240,000. 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 Godstone Hill, Godstone?

71 sales are on record for Godstone Hill, Godstone, the most recent completing on 22 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.

Have Godstone Hill, Godstone house prices actually risen?

In cash, the median rose +327.4% between 1996 and 2011. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +201.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.

When were Godstone Hill, Godstone house prices at their highest?

The highest yearly median on record is £250,000, set in 2011. 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 Godstone Hill, Godstone?

£3,704 per square metre, from the 9 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 22 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, “Godstone Hill, Godstone 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.