Watchbell Street, Rye house prices are built from 50 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2012 and the most recent on 16 Jun 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £347,500.
Median price paid
£347,500
Median per m²
£2,786
HM Land Registry50 sales14 with floor areaLatest sale 16 Jun 2025
Section 01
How Watchbell Street, Rye prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Watchbell Street, Rye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 16 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £710,000 | £725,435 |
| Flat 2 5 | 23 May 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £640,000 | £653,913 |
| Watchbell Chambers | 15 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £1,260,000 | £1,325,821 |
| 7 | 24 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £900,000 | £972,414 |
| Flat 2 5 | 17 Oct 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £495,000 | £573,500 |
| 3 | 19 Aug 2022 | Terraced | £437,555 | £506,945 |
| 29 | 21 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £901,000 | £1,043,887 |
| 30 | 19 May 2022 | Terraced | £760,000 | £880,526 |
| 21 | 22 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £900,000 | £1,137,097 |
| 13 | 23 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £575,000 | £726,478 |
| 2 Old Chapel | 30 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £300,000 | £379,032 |
| The Garden House | 18 Jan 2021 | Detached | £1,700,000 | £2,147,849 |
| 18 | 22 May 2020 | Terraced | £753,555 | £975,677 |
| 11 | 6 Sep 2019 | Terraced | £760,000 | £994,063 |
| 8 | 22 Jul 2016 | Terraced | £695,000 | £970,248 |
| 8 | 7 Aug 2015 | Terraced | £480,000 | £676,800 |
| 25 | 27 May 2015 | Semi-detached | £675,000 | £951,750 |
| 11 | 16 Sep 2014 | Terraced | £630,000 | £903,662 |
| 20a | 28 Jun 2013 | Terraced | £441,000 | £643,030 |
| Flat 2 5 | 17 Aug 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £485,434 |
| 20 | 8 Jun 2012 | Terraced | £555,000 | £828,972 |
| 6 | 8 Jun 2012 | Terraced | £499,950 | £746,747 |
| 11 | 29 May 2012 | Terraced | £555,000 | £828,972 |
| 7 | 22 Mar 2012 | Terraced | £488,000 | £728,898 |
| Studio One the Old Chapel | 7 Jan 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £265,000 | £406,141 |
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 Watchbell Street, Rye values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Watchbell Street | £355,000 (2003) | £710,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.4% |
| FLAT 2 5 Watchbell Street | £115,000 (1995) | £640,000 (2025) | +5.9% | +3.2% |
| 7 Watchbell Street | £330,000 (2006) | £900,000 (2023) | +6.1% | +3.0% |
| 3 Watchbell Street | £90,000 (1995) | £437,555 (2022) | +6.0% | +3.5% |
| 30 Watchbell Street | £190,000 (1997) | £760,000 (2022) | +5.7% | +3.2% |
| 13 Watchbell Street | £305,000 (2005) | £575,000 (2021) | +4.0% | +1.7% |
| 2 OLD CHAPEL Watchbell Street | £189,500 (2005) | £300,000 (2021) | +2.9% | +0.6% |
| 18 Watchbell Street | £139,500 (1997) | £753,555 (2020) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
| 11 Watchbell Street | £305,000 (2003) | £760,000 (2019) | +5.9% | +3.5% |
| 8 Watchbell Street | £144,500 (1997) | £695,000 (2016) | +8.6% | +6.3% |
| 25 Watchbell Street | £355,000 (2002) | £675,000 (2015) | +5.1% | +2.6% |
| 6 Watchbell Street | £155,000 (1998) | £499,950 (2012) | +8.7% | +6.2% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Watchbell Street, Rye 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 | 34 | 68.0% | £437,555 | £70,000 – £1,260,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 12 | 24.0% | £238,000 | £67,500 – £640,000 |
| Semi-detached | 2 | 4.0% | £355,000 | £355,000 – £675,000 |
| Detached | 2 | 4.0% | £417,500 | £417,500 – £1,700,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Watchbell Street, Rye
13 of the sales on record are leasehold and 37 freehold — 26.0% 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.
The median leasehold sale is £238,000 and the median freehold sale £441,000 — a gap of +85.3%. 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 | 13 | 26.0% | £238,000 |
| Freehold | 37 | 74.0% | £441,000 |
A further 5 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 Watchbell Street, Rye compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Watchbell Street, Rye sits above that national figure — +120.6%.
Within Rye the street ranks 45 of 235 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £225,000 (+54.4%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,786 per square metre, across 14 of the 50 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 £67,500 to £1,700,000. 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
- Main Street£250,000 median
- Udimore Road£235,000 median
- Lydd Road£147,000 median
- Strand Quay£109,000 median
- South Undercliff£155,000 median
- New Winchelsea Road£157,975 median
- Station Road£300,000 median
- Military Road£217,475 median
- Farleys Way£141,498 median
- Ferry Road£150,000 median
- Cackle Street£281,000 median
- Cinque Ports Street£175,000 median
- Fishmarket Road£109,000 median
- North Salts£159,000 median
- Rye Harbour Road£142,500 median
- Winchelsea Road£187,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 2, 5 Watchbell Street5 sales
- 11 Watchbell Street4 sales
- 7 Watchbell Street3 sales
- 3 Watchbell Street3 sales
- 13 Watchbell Street3 sales
- 8 Watchbell Street3 sales
- 6 Watchbell Street3 sales
- 16 Watchbell Street2 sales
- 30 Watchbell Street2 sales
- 2, OLD CHAPEL Watchbell Street2 sales
- 18 Watchbell Street2 sales
- 25 Watchbell Street2 sales
- 20 Watchbell Street2 sales
- FLAT 1, 5 Watchbell Street2 sales
- FLAT 3, 5 Watchbell Street2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Watchbell Street, Rye?
The median price paid in Watchbell Street, Rye across every sale on the register is £347,500. 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 Watchbell Street, Rye?
50 sales are on record for Watchbell Street, Rye, the most recent completing on 16 Jun 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Watchbell Street, Rye house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £499,950, set in 2012. 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 Watchbell Street, Rye?
£2,786 per square metre, from the 14 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 16 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, “Watchbell Street, Rye 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.