Swanmead Drive, Ilminster house prices are built from 47 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2014 and the most recent on 20 Jun 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £225,000. Across the 6 years from 2014 to 2020 the median moved +40.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +27.2%.
Median price paid
£225,000
Change in cash, 2014–2020
+40.9%
Change in real terms
+27.2%
Median per m²
£2,965
HM Land Registry47 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 20 Jun 2025
Section 01
How Swanmead Drive, Ilminster prices moved
The chart tracks the median Swanmead Drive, Ilminster house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2014 to 2020. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2 | £197,000 | £277,770 |
| 2020s | 1 | £277,500 | £283,533 |
The highest yearly median on record for Swanmead Drive, Ilminster is £277,500 in 2020; the lowest is £197,000 in 2014. Across the full 7-year record the cash median has moved from £197,000 to £277,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £282,574, so the real change over the whole record is +27.2% — about +4.08% 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: +40.9% in cash against +27.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 Jun 2025 | Semi-detached | £250,000 | £255,435 |
| 25 | 7 Jan 2025 | Terraced | £225,000 | £229,891 |
| 27 | 29 Nov 2024 | Terraced | £207,000 | £217,813 |
| 6 | 20 Nov 2024 | Detached | £322,000 | £338,821 |
| 24 | 15 Jan 2024 | Semi-detached | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 10 | 16 Sep 2022 | Detached | £350,000 | £405,505 |
| 29 | 3 Aug 2021 | Terraced | £189,000 | £238,790 |
| 23 | 17 Feb 2021 | Semi-detached | £217,500 | £274,798 |
| 5 | 14 Dec 2020 | Semi-detached | £233,000 | £301,680 |
| 1 | 7 Oct 2020 | Detached | £277,500 | £359,298 |
| 37 | 4 Sep 2020 | Terraced | £110,000 | £142,424 |
| 18 | 29 May 2020 | Detached | £313,000 | £405,262 |
| 22 | 29 Jan 2020 | Detached | £278,500 | £360,592 |
| 10 | 21 Nov 2019 | Detached | £280,000 | £366,234 |
| 25 | 28 Jun 2019 | Terraced | £185,000 | £241,976 |
| 20 | 29 May 2019 | Detached | £286,500 | £374,736 |
| 14 | 4 Jul 2018 | Detached | £292,500 | £389,816 |
| 20 | 11 Dec 2017 | Detached | £280,000 | £381,081 |
| 5 | 15 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached | £220,000 | £299,421 |
| 10 | 17 Oct 2016 | Detached | £245,000 | £342,030 |
| 26 | 30 Jun 2015 | Semi-detached | £193,450 | £272,765 |
| 16 | 30 Apr 2015 | Detached | £281,675 | £397,162 |
| 20 | 27 Apr 2015 | Detached | £232,000 | £327,120 |
| 24 | 25 Mar 2015 | Semi-detached | £199,995 | £281,993 |
| 11 | 27 Feb 2015 | Detached | £215,495 | £303,848 |
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 Swanmead Drive, Ilminster values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Swanmead Drive | £189,995 (2014) | £250,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.6% |
| 25 Swanmead Drive | £158,995 (2014) | £225,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.1% |
| 27 Swanmead Drive | £152,000 (2014) | £207,000 (2024) | +3.1% | 0.0% |
| 6 Swanmead Drive | £220,000 (2014) | £322,000 (2024) | +3.9% | +0.7% |
| 24 Swanmead Drive | £199,995 (2015) | £240,000 (2024) | +2.0% | -1.2% |
| 10 Swanmead Drive | £239,995 (2014) | £350,000 (2022) | +4.8% | +2.1% |
| 29 Swanmead Drive | £163,000 (2014) | £189,000 (2021) | +2.1% | +0.3% |
| 23 Swanmead Drive | £189,995 (2014) | £217,500 (2021) | +2.0% | +0.1% |
| 5 Swanmead Drive | £187,995 (2014) | £233,000 (2020) | +3.6% | +1.9% |
| 1 Swanmead Drive | £227,995 (2014) | £277,500 (2020) | +3.3% | +1.6% |
| 18 Swanmead Drive | £258,995 (2014) | £313,000 (2020) | +3.2% | +1.5% |
| 22 Swanmead Drive | £222,595 (2015) | £278,500 (2020) | +4.6% | +2.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Swanmead Drive, Ilminster 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 23 | 48.9% | £248,000 | £215,495 – £350,000 |
| Semi-detached | 16 | 34.0% | £194,995 | £175,745 – £250,000 |
| Terraced | 8 | 17.0% | £163,000 | £110,000 – £225,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Swanmead Drive, Ilminster
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 46 freehold — 2.1% 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 £110,000 and the median freehold sale £225,073 — a gap of +104.6%. 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 | 1 | 2.1% | £110,000 |
| Freehold | 46 | 97.9% | £225,073 |
| New build | 27 | 57.4% | £215,495 |
| Existing home | 20 | 42.6% | £247,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -12.9%. 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.
Section 09
How Swanmead Drive, Ilminster compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Swanmead Drive, Ilminster sits above that national figure — +42.9%.
Within Ilminster the street ranks 82 of 189 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £183,000 (+23.0%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,965 per square metre, across 8 of the 47 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 £110,000 to £350,000. 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
- Lower Meadow£204,000 median
- Silver Street£124,500 median
- Station Road£155,000 median
- Adams Meadow£158,995 median
- Blackdown View£148,000 median
- Canal Way£158,000 median
- East Street£133,250 median
- Summerlands Park Avenue£147,500 median
- Ladymeade£160,000 median
- Herne Rise£162,000 median
- Carnival Close£159,000 median
- Winterhay Lane£177,500 median
- Ditton Street£110,000 median
- Lambrook Road£191,500 median
- St Peters Close£163,500 median
- Standerwick Orchard£246,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 10 Swanmead Drive4 sales
- 25 Swanmead Drive3 sales
- 5 Swanmead Drive3 sales
- 20 Swanmead Drive3 sales
- 2 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 27 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 6 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 24 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 29 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 23 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 1 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 18 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 22 Swanmead Drive2 sales
- 14 Swanmead Drive2 sales
Back to Ilminster house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Swanmead Drive, Ilminster?
The median price paid in Swanmead Drive, Ilminster across every sale on the register is £225,000. 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 Swanmead Drive, Ilminster?
47 sales are on record for Swanmead Drive, Ilminster, the most recent completing on 20 Jun 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Swanmead Drive, Ilminster house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +40.9% between 2014 and 2020. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +27.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Swanmead Drive, Ilminster house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £277,500, set in 2020. 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 Swanmead Drive, Ilminster?
£2,965 per square metre, from the 8 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 20 Jun 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, “Swanmead Drive, Ilminster 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.