High Street, Sandwich house prices are built from 184 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1996 and the most recent on 27 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £188,500. Across the 10 years from 2015 to 2025 the median moved -16.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -39.3%.
Median price paid
£188,500
Change in cash, 2015–2025
-16.2%
Change in real terms
-39.3%
Median per m²
£1,968
HM Land Registry184 sales33 with floor areaLatest sale 27 Nov 2025
Section 01
How High Street, Sandwich prices moved
The chart tracks the median High Street, Sandwich house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1996 to 2025. 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 | 4 | £78,000 | £173,197 |
| 2000s | 8 | £186,625 | £339,976 |
| 2010s | 6 | £202,750 | £285,878 |
| 2020s | 3 | £357,500 | £365,272 |
The highest yearly median on record for High Street, Sandwich is £483,000 in 2023; the lowest is £77,000 in 1996. Across the full 30-year record the cash median has moved from £77,000 to £335,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £167,031, so the real change over the whole record is +104.9% — about +2.50% 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: -16.2% in cash against -39.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chantry House, 28 | 27 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £930,000 | £950,217 |
| Forge House | 14 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £317,000 | £323,891 |
| Jocelyn | 11 Jul 2025 | Detached | £695,000 | £710,109 |
| 8 | 14 Mar 2025 | Terraced | £290,000 | £296,304 |
| Flint Cottage, 6a | 18 Feb 2025 | Terraced | £335,000 | £342,283 |
| The Old Plough Hayloft | 19 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £240,000 | £252,537 |
| 56 – 58 | 24 Jun 2024 | Terraced | £300,000 | £315,672 |
| Forge House | 13 Mar 2024 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £194,664 |
| 3 | 22 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £218,000 | £235,540 |
| The Pellicane House, 22 | 7 Dec 2023 | Semi-detached | £1,700,000 | £1,836,782 |
| 31a | 30 Nov 2023 | Terraced | £255,000 | £275,517 |
| Barbican House, 13 | 5 Oct 2023 | Terraced | £590,000 | £637,471 |
| Chantry House, 28 | 30 Aug 2023 | Terraced | £735,000 | £794,138 |
| 10 | 24 May 2023 | Terraced | £1,000,000 | £1,080,460 |
| Bowmans Cottage | 24 Feb 2023 | Semi-detached | £272,000 | £293,885 |
| 24 | 20 Feb 2023 | Terraced | £376,000 | £406,253 |
| 53 | 16 Dec 2022 | Terraced | £307,000 | £355,686 |
| 17 | 16 Sep 2022 | Terraced | £275,000 | £318,611 |
| Larkfield House | 25 Apr 2022 | Detached | £825,000 | £955,834 |
| 9 | 19 Nov 2021 | Terraced | £316,000 | £399,247 |
| Barbican House, 13 | 28 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £540,000 | £682,258 |
| Bowmans Cottage | 28 May 2021 | Semi-detached | £225,000 | £284,274 |
| 44 | 7 May 2021 | Detached | £645,000 | £814,919 |
| 41 | 15 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £765,000 | £966,532 |
| 21 | 3 Mar 2021 | Terraced | £357,500 | £451,680 |
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 High Street, Sandwich values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHANTRY HOUSE, 28 High Street | £735,000 (2023) | £930,000 (2025) | +12.5% | +9.4% |
| FORGE HOUSE High Street | £195,000 (2003) | £317,000 (2025) | +2.2% | -0.6% |
| JOCELYN High Street | £239,500 (2000) | £695,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.6% |
| 8 High Street | £61,000 (1996) | £290,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.8% |
| FLINT COTTAGE, 6A High Street | £182,655 (2006) | £335,000 (2025) | +3.2% | +0.3% |
| THE OLD PLOUGH HAYLOFT High Street | £119,950 (2007) | £240,000 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.1% |
| THE PELLICANE HOUSE, 22 High Street | £1,025,000 (2020) | £1,700,000 (2023) | +18.4% | +11.4% |
| 31A High Street | £88,000 (2001) | £255,000 (2023) | +5.0% | +2.1% |
| BARBICAN HOUSE, 13 High Street | £340,000 (2016) | £590,000 (2023) | +8.2% | +4.3% |
| 10 High Street | £550,000 (2015) | £1,000,000 (2023) | +7.8% | +4.2% |
| BOWMANS COTTAGE High Street | £225,000 (2021) | £272,000 (2023) | +9.9% | +1.7% |
| 24 High Street | £59,950 (1997) | £376,000 (2023) | +7.3% | +4.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. High Street, Sandwich 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 | 113 | 61.4% | £192,500 | £42,000 – £1,100,000 |
| Semi-detached | 33 | 17.9% | £195,000 | £48,500 – £1,700,000 |
| Detached | 29 | 15.8% | £230,000 | £40,000 – £825,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 9 | 4.9% | £123,500 | £99,750 – £189,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in High Street, Sandwich
9 of the sales on record are leasehold and 175 freehold — 4.9% 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 £123,500 and the median freehold sale £195,000 — a gap of +57.9%. 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 | 9 | 4.9% | £123,500 |
| Freehold | 175 | 95.1% | £195,000 |
| New build | 7 | 3.8% | £127,000 |
| Existing home | 177 | 96.2% | £192,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -33.9%. 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.
A further 17 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 High Street, Sandwich compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. High Street, Sandwich sits above that national figure — +19.7%.
Within Sandwich the street ranks 85 of 143 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £199,950 (-5.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,968 per square metre, across 33 of the 184 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 £40,000 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
- Dover Road£190,000 median
- Strand Street£193,750 median
- St Georges Road£235,000 median
- Woodnesborough Road£169,000 median
- New Street£239,998 median
- Poulders Gardens£169,000 median
- Fordwich Place£110,000 median
- Mill Lane£164,975 median
- Church Street£217,498 median
- The Street£230,000 median
- Peak Drive£168,750 median
- St Barts Road£175,000 median
- Sandown Road£246,000 median
- Sandown Lees£150,000 median
- Laburnum Avenue£157,500 median
- Willowbank£333,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 8 High Street6 sales
- THE OLD PLOUGH HAYLOFT High Street5 sales
- 17 High Street5 sales
- 9 High Street5 sales
- 46 High Street5 sales
- EASTRY POST OFFICE HOUSE High Street5 sales
- 40 High Street5 sales
- 31A High Street4 sales
- 24 High Street4 sales
- 53 High Street4 sales
- 41 High Street4 sales
- 48 High Street4 sales
- 57 High Street4 sales
- FORGE HOUSE High Street3 sales
- JOCELYN High Street3 sales
- FLINT COTTAGE, 6A High Street3 sales
- BARBICAN HOUSE, 13 High Street3 sales
- 1 High Street3 sales
- EASTRY CROSS COTTAGE High Street3 sales
- 60 High Street3 sales
- THE SLUG PIT High Street3 sales
- 4 High Street3 sales
- 30 High Street3 sales
- 42 High Street3 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in High Street, Sandwich?
The median price paid in High Street, Sandwich across every sale on the register is £188,500. 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 High Street, Sandwich?
184 sales are on record for High Street, Sandwich, the most recent completing on 27 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have High Street, Sandwich house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose -16.2% between 2015 and 2025. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -39.3%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were High Street, Sandwich house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £483,000, 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 High Street, Sandwich?
£1,968 per square metre, from the 33 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 27 Nov 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, “High Street, Sandwich 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.