Longbridge, Shepton Mallet house prices are built from 63 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2000 and the most recent on 28 Mar 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £55,500. Across the 7 years from 2000 to 2007 the median moved +185.2% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +147.9%.
Median price paid
£55,500
Change in cash, 2000–2007
+185.2%
Change in real terms
+147.9%
Median per m²
£1,556
HM Land Registry63 sales8 with floor areaLatest sale 28 Mar 2025
Section 01
How Longbridge, Shepton Mallet prices moved
The chart tracks the median Longbridge, Shepton Mallet house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2000 to 2007. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | £32,000 | £58,295 |
The highest yearly median on record for Longbridge, Shepton Mallet is £77,000 in 2007; the lowest is £27,000 in 2000. Across the full 8-year record the cash median has moved from £27,000 to £77,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £54,000, so the real change over the whole record is +147.9% — about +13.85% 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: +185.2% in cash against +147.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1c | 28 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £185,000 | £189,022 |
| 12 | 28 Jun 2022 | Terraced | £198,000 | £229,400 |
| Flat 3 the Old Coach House | 14 Mar 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £108,500 | £125,707 |
| Flat 2 Alba Ryder Court | 15 Sep 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £84,950 | £107,329 |
| Flat 1 the Old Coach House | 8 Jun 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £97,500 | £123,185 |
| 1c | 31 Aug 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £165,000 | £219,896 |
| Flat 1 Alba Ryder Court | 31 Mar 2016 | Flat or maisonette | £67,500 | £94,233 |
| Flat 3 the Old Coach House | 17 Feb 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £73,000 | £104,710 |
| Flat 5 Alba Ryder Court | 2 Aug 2013 | Flat or maisonette | £65,500 | £95,507 |
| Flat 1 1 | 13 Apr 2012 | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | £89,619 |
| Flat 1 Alba Ryder Court | 16 May 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £55,500 | £85,060 |
| Flat 2 the Old Coach House | 28 Apr 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £79,950 | £122,532 |
| Flat 5 Alba Ryder Court | 31 Mar 2011 | Flat or maisonette | £57,500 | £88,125 |
| Flat 1 Barrow House | 30 Mar 2009 | Flat or maisonette | £55,000 | £90,385 |
| Flat 2 1 | 20 May 2008 | Flat or maisonette | £79,250 | £133,027 |
| Flat 4 Barrow House | 17 Oct 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £86,000 | £149,519 |
| Flat 3 1 | 20 Sep 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £77,000 | £133,872 |
| Flat 2 1 | 4 May 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £113,009 |
| Flat 4 1 | 21 Mar 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £97,000 | £168,644 |
| Flat 4 Barrow House | 23 Feb 2007 | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | £130,395 |
| Flat 2 Alba Ryder Court | 16 Nov 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £67,500 | £120,170 |
| Flat 1 Barrow House | 3 Nov 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £73,500 | £130,852 |
| Flat 4 Alba Ryder Court | 1 Feb 2006 | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | £106,818 |
| Flat 2 Barrow House | 16 May 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £58,000 | £105,659 |
| Flat 3 Alba Ryder Court | 14 Feb 2005 | Flat or maisonette | £68,000 | £123,876 |
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 Longbridge, Shepton Mallet values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C Longbridge | £165,000 (2018) | £185,000 (2025) | +1.6% | -2.1% |
| FLAT 3 the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge | £29,000 (2000) | £108,500 (2022) | +6.2% | +3.6% |
| FLAT 2 ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge | £38,500 (2002) | £84,950 (2021) | +4.3% | +2.0% |
| FLAT 1 the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge | £28,000 (1998) | £97,500 (2021) | +5.6% | +3.3% |
| FLAT 1 ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge | £35,000 (1996) | £67,500 (2016) | +3.3% | +1.1% |
| FLAT 5 ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge | £17,000 (1996) | £65,500 (2013) | +8.3% | +5.8% |
| FLAT 2 the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge | £27,000 (2000) | £79,950 (2011) | +10.4% | +7.7% |
| FLAT 1 BARROW HOUSE Longbridge | £21,100 (1999) | £55,000 (2009) | +10.1% | +7.7% |
| FLAT 2 1 Longbridge | £32,000 (2001) | £79,250 (2008) | +13.8% | +11.3% |
| FLAT 4 BARROW HOUSE Longbridge | £18,000 (1996) | £86,000 (2007) | +15.3% | +13.0% |
| FLAT 3 1 Longbridge | £33,000 (2001) | £77,000 (2007) | +15.2% | +12.9% |
| FLAT 4 1 Longbridge | £63,500 (2002) | £97,000 (2007) | +8.8% | +6.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Longbridge, Shepton Mallet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 62 | 98.4% | £55,000 | £16,600 – £185,000 |
| Terraced | 1 | 1.6% | £198,000 | £198,000 – £198,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Longbridge, Shepton Mallet
59 of the sales on record are leasehold and 4 freehold — 93.7% 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 £55,000 and the median freehold sale £131,000 — a gap of +138.2%. 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 | 59 | 93.7% | £55,000 |
| Freehold | 4 | 6.3% | £131,000 |
| New build | 1 | 1.6% | £32,000 |
| Existing home | 62 | 98.4% | £56,500 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -43.4%. 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 2 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 Longbridge, Shepton Mallet compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Longbridge, Shepton Mallet sits below that national figure — -64.8%.
Within Shepton Mallet the street ranks 299 of 301 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £162,000 (-65.7%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,556 per square metre, across 8 of the 63 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 £16,600 to £198,000. 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
- High Street£125,500 median
- Finch Close£144,000 median
- Charlton Road£160,000 median
- Barrington Place£132,500 median
- Beech Avenue£144,500 median
- Whitstone Road£145,000 median
- Bishop Crescent£130,500 median
- Garston Street£108,000 median
- Coombe Lane£141,750 median
- Little Brooks Lane£175,500 median
- Westbrook Vale£124,250 median
- Victoria Grove£127,750 median
- Willow Drive£99,500 median
- Walnut Grove£181,500 median
- Nightingale Grove£145,000 median
- Hyatt Place£157,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- FLAT 1, BARROW HOUSE Longbridge6 sales
- FLAT 2, the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge5 sales
- FLAT 3, the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge4 sales
- FLAT 5, ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge4 sales
- FLAT 2, 1 Longbridge4 sales
- FLAT 4, BARROW HOUSE Longbridge4 sales
- FLAT 2, ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge3 sales
- FLAT 1, ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge3 sales
- FLAT 3, 1 Longbridge3 sales
- FLAT 4, ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge3 sales
- FLAT 2, BARROW HOUSE Longbridge3 sales
- FLAT 7, BARROW HOUSE Longbridge3 sales
- 1C Longbridge2 sales
- FLAT 1, the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge2 sales
- FLAT 4, 1 Longbridge2 sales
- FLAT 3, ALBA RYDER COURT Longbridge2 sales
- FLAT 3, BARROW HOUSE Longbridge2 sales
- FLAT 8, BARROW HOUSE Longbridge2 sales
- FLAT 6, the OLD COACH HOUSE Longbridge2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Longbridge, Shepton Mallet?
The median price paid in Longbridge, Shepton Mallet across every sale on the register is £55,500. 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 Longbridge, Shepton Mallet?
63 sales are on record for Longbridge, Shepton Mallet, the most recent completing on 28 Mar 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Longbridge, Shepton Mallet house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +185.2% between 2000 and 2007. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +147.9%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Longbridge, Shepton Mallet house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £77,000, set in 2007. 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 Longbridge, Shepton Mallet?
£1,556 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 28 Mar 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, “Longbridge, Shepton Mallet 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.