Petworth house prices are built from 2,918 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 29 May 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £325,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +14.0% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -18.4%.
Median price paid
£325,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+14.0%
Change in real terms
-18.4%
Median per m²
£2,679
HM Land Registry2,918 sales283 with floor areaLatest sale 29 May 2026
Section 01
How Petworth prices moved
The chart tracks the median Petworth house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2026. 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 | 5 | £158,000 | £350,835 |
| 2000s | 10 | £299,350 | £545,328 |
| 2010s | 10 | £415,000 | £585,150 |
| 2020s | 7 | £542,500 | £554,293 |
The highest yearly median on record for Petworth is £620,000 in 2025; the lowest is £117,000 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £117,000 to £500,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £259,795, so the real change over the whole record is +92.5% — about +2.13% 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: +14.0% in cash against -18.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STABLE COTTAGE BARLAVINGTON MANOR Burton Park Road | 29 May 2026 | Detached | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 295 North Street | 22 May 2026 | Terraced | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 17 Old School Close | 15 May 2026 | Terraced | £412,000 | £412,000 |
| 7 CHIDFIELD BARNS London Road | 8 May 2026 | Terraced | £525,000 | £525,000 |
| 7 Westside | 1 May 2026 | Detached | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 21 Wyndham Road | 2 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £315,000 | £315,000 |
| 3 Toronto Road | 2 Apr 2026 | Terraced | £258,765 | £258,765 |
| 1 Blackberry Road | 31 Mar 2026 | Detached | £625,000 | £625,000 |
| 4 Boderton Mews | 30 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £640,000 | £640,000 |
| WHISTLERS Middle Street | 27 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £599,950 | £599,950 |
| 2 Leaside | 6 Mar 2026 | Terraced | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 7 North Street | 20 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| WINDMILL HOUSE High Street | 17 Feb 2026 | Detached | £990,000 | £990,000 |
| LITTLE GULLS the Street | 6 Feb 2026 | Detached | £995,000 | £995,000 |
| Langham House | 4 Feb 2026 | Detached | £940,000 | £940,000 |
| Gofts Hill | 28 Jan 2026 | Detached | £2,200,000 | £2,200,000 |
| Upaloft | 23 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £327,500 | £327,500 |
| 3 MORGAN COURT Station Road | 19 Jan 2026 | Flat or maisonette | £181,250 | £181,250 |
| 4 Montier Terrace | 9 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 47 Sheepdown Drive | 18 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 3 VICTORS North Street | 18 Dec 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 15 Willow Walk | 17 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £270,000 | £275,870 |
| Birchwood | 11 Dec 2025 | Detached | £1,180,000 | £1,205,652 |
| SUMMER COTTAGE the Street | 8 Dec 2025 | Detached | £830,000 | £848,043 |
| LITTLE STAGS, 1 Old School Close | 1 Dec 2025 | Semi-detached | £410,000 | £418,913 |
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 Petworth values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STABLE COTTAGE BARLAVINGTON MANOR Burton Park Road | £40,000 (1995) | £350,000 (2026) | +7.2% | +4.5% |
| 295 North Street | £310,000 (2014) | £500,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.0% |
| 17 Old School Close | £405,000 (2022) | £412,000 (2026) | +0.4% | -3.2% |
| 7 CHIDFIELD BARNS London Road | £480,000 (2021) | £525,000 (2026) | +1.8% | -2.8% |
| 7 Westside | £320,000 (2003) | £580,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.2% |
| 3 Toronto Road | £165,000 (2008) | £258,765 (2026) | +2.5% | -0.4% |
| 21 Wyndham Road | £232,000 (2014) | £315,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.5% |
| 1 Blackberry Road | £400,000 (2007) | £625,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.6% |
| 4 Boderton Mews | £357,000 (2001) | £640,000 (2026) | +2.4% | -0.4% |
| WHISTLERS Middle Street | £650,000 (2017) | £599,950 (2026) | -0.9% | -4.2% |
| 2 Leaside | £139,050 (1999) | £415,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.4% |
| 7 North Street | £230,000 (2007) | £280,000 (2026) | +1.0% | -1.9% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Petworth 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 | 1,238 | 42.4% | £510,000 | £31,500 – £4,250,000 |
| Semi-detached | 685 | 23.5% | £272,000 | £18,500 – £1,750,000 |
| Terraced | 681 | 23.3% | £255,000 | £29,000 – £1,200,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 314 | 10.8% | £165,000 | £30,000 – £1,500,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Petworth
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 839 certificates cover Petworth, and their median floor area is 90 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +18.4%. Size explains a large part of why one area's median price sits above another's, which is why the price per square metre further up this page is the fairer comparison.
| Measure | Floor area | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| Median floor area | 90 m² | about 969 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 70 m² | about 753 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 146 m² | about 1,572 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 13.8% | 116 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 23.7% | 199 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Petworth
343 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2,575 freehold — 11.8% 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 £175,000 and the median freehold sale £349,500 — a gap of +99.7%. 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 | 343 | 11.8% | £175,000 |
| Freehold | 2,575 | 88.2% | £349,500 |
| New build | 161 | 5.5% | £299,950 |
| Existing home | 2,757 | 94.5% | £325,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -7.7%. 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 256 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 Petworth compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Petworth sits above that national figure — +106.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,679 per square metre, across 283 of the 2,918 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 £18,500 to £4,250,000. 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 in Petworth
- North Street99 sales
- Station Road95 sales
- The Street83 sales
- High Street56 sales
- Hampers Green55 sales
- Lombard Street52 sales
- Angel Street51 sales
- Littlecote49 sales
- East Street45 sales
- Sheepdown Drive44 sales
- Toronto Road42 sales
- London Road41 sales
- Burton Park Road39 sales
- Westside37 sales
- Garden Mews35 sales
- Luffs Meadow35 sales
- Garland Close33 sales
- Valentines Lea33 sales
- New Street30 sales
- Northend Close30 sales
- Lodge Green28 sales
- Burton Park26 sales
- Rosemary Lane26 sales
- Sheepdown Close26 sales
- Grove Lane25 sales
- Willow Walk25 sales
- Wyndham Road25 sales
- Grove Street24 sales
- Old School Close24 sales
- Boderton Mews23 sales
- Heath End23 sales
- Pound Street23 sales
- Rothermead23 sales
- School Lane22 sales
- Church Lane21 sales
- Mulberry Court20 sales
- Fisher Street19 sales
- Greengates19 sales
- Oakfield19 sales
- The Croft19 sales
- Downview Road18 sales
- Martlet Road18 sales
- Middle Street18 sales
- Biddulph Mews16 sales
- Willett Close16 sales
- Market Square15 sales
- South Grove15 sales
- The Harrows15 sales
- Hollihurst Road14 sales
- Leggatt Hill14 sales
- Pound Close14 sales
- Wallace Square14 sales
- North Mead13 sales
- Park Rise13 sales
- Woodpecker Court13 sales
- Bartons Lane12 sales
- Blackberry Road12 sales
- Montier Terrace12 sales
- Pipers Lane12 sales
- Shepherds Lane12 sales
Postcode districts covering Petworth
- GU28£324,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Petworth?
The median price paid in Petworth across every sale on the register is £325,000. 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 Petworth?
2,918 sales are on record for Petworth, the most recent completing on 29 May 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Petworth house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +14.0% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -18.4%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Petworth house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £620,000, set in 2025. 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 Petworth?
£2,679 per square metre, from the 283 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 29 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, “Petworth 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.