Old Hitchen, Merriott house prices are built from 13 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2024 and the most recent on 23 Feb 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £178,500.
Median price paid
£178,500
Median per m²
£2,071
HM Land Registry13 sales3 with floor areaLatest sale 23 Feb 2024
Section 01
How Old Hitchen, Merriott prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Old Hitchen, Merriott to plot a trend line. The figures below are drawn from the whole record rather than a yearly series.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Farrs Orchard | 23 Feb 2024 | Detached | £327,500 | £344,608 |
| 6 | 15 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £225,000 | £260,682 |
| 6 | 25 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £204,000 | £257,742 |
| 6 | 17 Apr 2019 | Terraced | £130,000 | £170,037 |
| 1 Farrs Orchard | 31 Oct 2016 | Detached | £232,000 | £323,881 |
| 2 Farrs Orchard | 6 Oct 2016 | Detached | £225,000 | £314,109 |
| 2 Farrs Orchard | 23 Jun 2015 | Detached | £190,000 | £267,900 |
| 2 Farrs Orchard | 30 Jan 2006 | Detached | £178,500 | £317,784 |
| 7 | 22 Dec 2003 | Terraced | £50,000 | £94,504 |
| 1 Farrs Orchard | 21 Jul 2003 | Detached | £155,000 | £292,962 |
| 6 | 4 Sep 2000 | Terraced | £54,800 | £109,600 |
| 8b | 5 May 2000 | Terraced | £25,000 | £50,000 |
| 8 | 30 Apr 1996 | Semi-detached | £40,000 | £86,769 |
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 Old Hitchen, Merriott values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 FARRS ORCHARD Old Hitchen | £155,000 (2003) | £327,500 (2024) | +3.6% | +0.8% |
| 6 Old Hitchen | £54,800 (2000) | £225,000 (2022) | +6.6% | +4.0% |
| 2 FARRS ORCHARD Old Hitchen | £178,500 (2006) | £225,000 (2016) | +2.3% | -0.1% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Old Hitchen, Merriott 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 | 6 | 46.2% | £54,800 | £25,000 – £225,000 |
| Detached | 6 | 46.2% | £190,000 | £155,000 – £327,500 |
| Semi-detached | 1 | 7.7% | £40,000 | £40,000 – £40,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Old Hitchen, Merriott
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 13 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 | 13 | 100.0% | £178,500 |
Section 09
How Old Hitchen, Merriott compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Old Hitchen, Merriott sits above that national figure — +13.3%.
Within Merriott the street ranks 14 of 34 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £178,000 (+0.3%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,071 per square metre, across 3 of the 13 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 £25,000 to £327,500. 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 Street£167,950 median
- Broadway£170,000 median
- Hitchen£154,250 median
- Church Street£305,000 median
- Glebelands£137,500 median
- Manor Drive£168,000 median
- Higher Street£247,500 median
- Shiremoor Hill£188,000 median
- Higher Beadon£172,475 median
- Moorlands Road£170,000 median
- Sherlands Gardens£170,000 median
- Greys Road£216,500 median
- Beadon Lane£175,000 median
- Old Farm Walk£245,000 median
- Knapp£125,000 median
- Granary Barton Close£210,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 6 Old Hitchen4 sales
- 1, FARRS ORCHARD Old Hitchen3 sales
- 2, FARRS ORCHARD Old Hitchen3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Old Hitchen, Merriott?
The median price paid in Old Hitchen, Merriott across every sale on the register is £178,500. 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 Old Hitchen, Merriott?
13 sales are on record for Old Hitchen, Merriott, the most recent completing on 23 Feb 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
What is the price per square metre in Old Hitchen, Merriott?
£2,071 per square metre, from the 3 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 2024. 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, “Old Hitchen, Merriott 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.