The Shields, Ilfracombe house prices are built from 103 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 8 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £158,500. Across the 20 years from 2003 to 2023 the median moved +152.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +44.6%.
Median price paid
£158,500
Change in cash, 2003–2023
+152.9%
Change in real terms
+44.6%
Median per m²
£2,553
HM Land Registry103 sales30 with floor areaLatest sale 8 Jun 2026
Section 01
How The Shields, Ilfracombe prices moved
The chart tracks the median The Shields, Ilfracombe house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2023. 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 | 2 | £50,000 | £111,024 |
| 2000s | 3 | £76,000 | £138,450 |
| 2010s | 3 | £162,000 | £228,420 |
| 2020s | 1 | £281,000 | £287,109 |
The highest yearly median on record for The Shields, Ilfracombe is £281,000 in 2023; the lowest is £50,000 in 1998. Across the full 26-year record the cash median has moved from £50,000 to £281,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £103,676, so the real change over the whole record is +192.8% — about +4.39% 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: +152.9% in cash against +44.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 | 8 Jun 2026 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 128 | 5 Dec 2025 | Detached | £305,000 | £311,630 |
| 123 | 28 Nov 2025 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| 16 | 27 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 114 | 12 Dec 2024 | Detached | £385,000 | £405,112 |
| 116 | 5 Jul 2024 | Detached | £375,000 | £394,590 |
| 124 | 21 Jun 2024 | Detached | £295,000 | £310,410 |
| 118 | 13 Nov 2023 | Detached | £285,995 | £309,006 |
| 120 | 25 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £265,000 | £286,322 |
| 122 | 19 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £260,000 | £280,920 |
| 6 | 21 Mar 2023 | Terraced | £280,000 | £302,529 |
| 50 | 21 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £282,000 | £304,690 |
| 33 | 3 Feb 2023 | Detached | £290,000 | £313,333 |
| 139 | 28 Oct 2022 | Detached | £420,000 | £486,606 |
| 43 | 28 Oct 2022 | Terraced | £250,000 | £289,647 |
| 140 | 26 Aug 2022 | Detached | £405,000 | £469,228 |
| 47 | 21 Mar 2022 | Terraced | £251,500 | £291,385 |
| 18 | 29 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| 42 | 8 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £209,000 | £264,059 |
| 24 | 2 Feb 2021 | Terraced | £210,000 | £265,323 |
| 27 | 13 Mar 2020 | Terraced | £202,500 | £262,190 |
| 21 | 25 Feb 2020 | Terraced | £220,000 | £284,848 |
| 54 | 22 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £160,000 | £207,163 |
| 1 | 6 Jan 2020 | Terraced | £175,000 | £226,584 |
| 42 | 16 Aug 2019 | Terraced | £165,000 | £215,816 |
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 The Shields, Ilfracombe values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 the Shields | £280,000 (2025) | £280,000 (2026) | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 128 the Shields | £250,000 (2016) | £305,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -1.3% |
| 16 the Shields | £59,995 (1999) | £240,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.7% |
| 6 the Shields | £54,000 (1998) | £280,000 (2023) | +6.8% | +4.1% |
| 50 the Shields | £102,000 (2002) | £282,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| 33 the Shields | £131,000 (2018) | £290,000 (2023) | +17.2% | +12.4% |
| 139 the Shields | £83,000 (1995) | £420,000 (2022) | +6.2% | +3.7% |
| 43 the Shields | £158,000 (2016) | £250,000 (2022) | +7.9% | +4.6% |
| 140 the Shields | £75,000 (1995) | £405,000 (2022) | +6.4% | +3.9% |
| 18 the Shields | £145,000 (2004) | £210,000 (2021) | +2.2% | -0.1% |
| 42 the Shields | £165,000 (2019) | £209,000 (2021) | +12.5% | +10.6% |
| 24 the Shields | £78,000 (2001) | £210,000 (2021) | +5.1% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. The Shields, Ilfracombe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 69 | 67.0% | £156,700 | £29,838 – £282,000 |
| Detached | 25 | 24.3% | £230,000 | £66,000 – £420,000 |
| Semi-detached | 9 | 8.7% | £195,000 | £47,000 – £280,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in The Shields, Ilfracombe
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 103 freehold — 0.0% 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 | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 103 | 100.0% | £158,500 |
| New build | 5 | 4.9% | £285,995 |
| Existing home | 98 | 95.1% | £156,850 |
New builds sold for more than the median existing home — +82.3%. 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 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 The Shields, Ilfracombe compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. The Shields, Ilfracombe sits above that national figure — +0.6%.
Within Ilfracombe the street ranks 135 of 263 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £148,000 (+7.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,553 per square metre, across 30 of the 103 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 £29,838 to £420,000. 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
- High Street£98,500 median
- Beach Road£249,970 median
- St Brannocks Road£168,000 median
- Marlborough Road£92,000 median
- Torrs Park£128,500 median
- King Street£155,000 median
- Langleigh Park£155,750 median
- Chambercombe Road£146,000 median
- Wilder Road£144,500 median
- Chichester Park£306,500 median
- Hillington£133,000 median
- The Esplanade£316,250 median
- Fern Way£172,500 median
- Oxford Grove£75,000 median
- Fore Street£119,000 median
- Doone Way£151,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 24 the Shields7 sales
- 6 the Shields5 sales
- 54 the Shields5 sales
- 53 the Shields5 sales
- 28 the Shields4 sales
- 16 the Shields3 sales
- 50 the Shields3 sales
- 139 the Shields3 sales
- 140 the Shields3 sales
- 18 the Shields3 sales
- 27 the Shields3 sales
- 29 the Shields3 sales
- 136 the Shields3 sales
- 123 the Shields2 sales
- 128 the Shields2 sales
- 33 the Shields2 sales
- 43 the Shields2 sales
- 42 the Shields2 sales
- 26 the Shields2 sales
- 5 the Shields2 sales
- 8 the Shields2 sales
- 14 the Shields2 sales
- 55 the Shields2 sales
- 132 the Shields2 sales
Back to Ilfracombe house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in The Shields, Ilfracombe?
The median price paid in The Shields, Ilfracombe across every sale on the register is £158,500. 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 The Shields, Ilfracombe?
103 sales are on record for The Shields, Ilfracombe, the most recent completing on 8 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have The Shields, Ilfracombe house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +152.9% between 2003 and 2023. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +44.6%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were The Shields, Ilfracombe house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £281,000, set in 2023. 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 The Shields, Ilfracombe?
£2,553 per square metre, from the 30 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 8 Jun 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, “The Shields, Ilfracombe 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.