South Petherton house prices are built from 2,466 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 12 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £212,250. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +30.9% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -6.2%.
Median price paid
£212,250
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+30.9%
Change in real terms
-6.2%
Median per m²
£2,271
HM Land Registry2,466 sales474 with floor areaLatest sale 12 Jun 2026
Section 01
How South Petherton prices moved
The chart tracks the median South Petherton 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 | £65,000 | £144,331 |
| 2000s | 10 | £198,000 | £360,698 |
| 2010s | 10 | £257,500 | £363,075 |
| 2020s | 7 | £358,000 | £365,783 |
The highest yearly median on record for South Petherton is £420,000 in 2023; the lowest is £59,950 in 1995. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £59,950 to £360,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £133,117, so the real change over the whole record is +170.4% — about +3.26% 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: +30.9% in cash against -6.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Stoodham | 12 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| LOVERIDGE FARM Silver Street | 2 Jun 2026 | Detached | £555,000 | £555,000 |
| 40 West Street | 27 May 2026 | Terraced | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 1 Hospital Lane | 24 Apr 2026 | Semi-detached | £145,000 | £145,000 |
| 30 South Street | 13 Mar 2026 | Detached | £570,000 | £570,000 |
| 1 Compton Road | 13 Mar 2026 | Semi-detached | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 58 St Michaels Gardens | 27 Feb 2026 | Detached | £490,000 | £490,000 |
| 37 Quarry Piece Drive | 20 Feb 2026 | Terraced | £219,000 | £219,000 |
| 2 Whitehall Close | 6 Feb 2026 | Detached | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 27 Hayes End Manor | 30 Jan 2026 | Detached | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 18 Summer Shard | 30 Jan 2026 | Terraced | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| Old Harp House | 22 Jan 2026 | Detached | £925,000 | £925,000 |
| ALDRIDGE, 27 Hayes End | 22 Jan 2026 | Detached | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| COBWEBS Church Street | 21 Jan 2026 | Detached | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 55 Summer Shard | 19 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 3 Old Vicarage Gardens | 16 Jan 2026 | Detached | £360,000 | £360,000 |
| 4 NEW CROSS COURT New Cross Hill | 15 Jan 2026 | Semi-detached | £345,000 | £345,000 |
| THE OLD MANSE, 2 Palmer Street | 19 Dec 2025 | Detached | £750,000 | £766,304 |
| 17 West End Close | 18 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £240,000 | £245,217 |
| 5 Droveway Close | 17 Dec 2025 | Detached | £582,500 | £595,163 |
| 11 Hayes End | 12 Dec 2025 | Detached | £550,000 | £561,957 |
| The Old Forge | 11 Dec 2025 | Detached | £585,000 | £597,717 |
| 2 Compton Road | 8 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £307,500 | £314,185 |
| Netherland | 3 Dec 2025 | Detached | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| Higher Orchard | 28 Nov 2025 | 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 South Petherton values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Stoodham | £42,000 (1996) | £190,000 (2026) | +5.2% | +2.5% |
| LOVERIDGE FARM Silver Street | £109,000 (1997) | £555,000 (2026) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 40 West Street | £80,000 (2001) | £210,000 (2026) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| 1 Hospital Lane | £16,400 (1995) | £145,000 (2026) | +7.3% | +4.6% |
| 30 South Street | £290,000 (2009) | £570,000 (2026) | +4.1% | +1.1% |
| 1 Compton Road | £99,000 (2001) | £280,000 (2026) | +4.2% | +1.5% |
| 58 St Michaels Gardens | £334,995 (2008) | £490,000 (2026) | +2.1% | -0.8% |
| 37 Quarry Piece Drive | £153,000 (2015) | £219,000 (2026) | +3.3% | +0.1% |
| 2 Whitehall Close | £283,000 (2003) | £565,000 (2026) | +3.1% | +0.2% |
| 27 Hayes End Manor | £165,000 (1998) | £395,000 (2026) | +3.2% | +0.5% |
| 18 Summer Shard | £60,000 (1996) | £280,000 (2026) | +5.3% | +2.6% |
| COBWEBS Church Street | £235,000 (2000) | £580,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.8% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. South Petherton 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 | 1,065 | 43.2% | £310,000 | £18,750 – £3,050,000 |
| Terraced | 720 | 29.2% | £150,000 | £16,985 – £995,000 |
| Semi-detached | 559 | 22.7% | £188,000 | £15,600 – £920,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 122 | 4.9% | £106,750 | £27,000 – £435,000 |
Section 05
How big homes are in South Petherton
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 491 certificates cover South Petherton, and their median floor area is 98 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +28.9%. 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 | 98 m² | about 1,055 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 75 m² | about 802 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 140 m² | about 1,507 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 13.6% | 67 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 21.0% | 103 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in South Petherton
168 of the sales on record are leasehold and 2,298 freehold — 6.8% 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 £124,000 and the median freehold sale £220,000 — a gap of +77.4%. 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 | 168 | 6.8% | £124,000 |
| Freehold | 2,298 | 93.2% | £220,000 |
| New build | 206 | 8.4% | £196,297 |
| Existing home | 2,260 | 91.6% | £213,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -7.8%. 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 123 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 South Petherton compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. South Petherton sits above that national figure — +34.8%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £2,271 per square metre, across 474 of the 2,466 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 £15,600 to £3,050,000. 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 South Petherton
- Silver Street159 sales
- Summer Shard149 sales
- West Street140 sales
- St James Street129 sales
- St Michaels Gardens126 sales
- Lampreys Lane124 sales
- North Street73 sales
- South Street73 sales
- Hayes End Manor64 sales
- Compton Road56 sales
- Hayes End51 sales
- Stoodham51 sales
- Palmer Street46 sales
- Prigg Lane40 sales
- Hele Lane37 sales
- Beaufort Gardens33 sales
- Chapel Field31 sales
- Church Street29 sales
- Roundwell Street28 sales
- Lightgate Lane27 sales
- Hardings Court23 sales
- Holloway Road23 sales
- Quarry Piece Drive23 sales
- Lightgate Road22 sales
- New Cross Hill22 sales
- Market Square21 sales
- West End Close21 sales
- George Lane20 sales
- Lime Kiln Avenue19 sales
- Water Street19 sales
- Coles Lane17 sales
- Hospital Lane17 sales
- Old Vicarage Gardens17 sales
- Granary Close15 sales
- St Elizabeths Way15 sales
- Crown Lane13 sales
- Townsend Cottages13 sales
- Orchard Close12 sales
- West End Court12 sales
- West End View12 sales
- Yeabridge Court11 sales
- Merriott Road10 sales
- St James Mews10 sales
- Water Lane10 sales
- Whitehall Close10 sales
- Droveway Close9 sales
- Farm Court9 sales
- Lightgate Villas9 sales
- St Pauls Close9 sales
- Whitfield Lane9 sales
- Bridge Road8 sales
- Pitway8 sales
- Swedish Houses8 sales
- The Old Orchard8 sales
- Whitehall8 sales
- Frog Street7 sales
- Kitchen Lane7 sales
- Blackrod Cottages6 sales
- Churchpath6 sales
- Hawthorn Hill6 sales
Postcode districts covering South Petherton
- TA13£212,250 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in South Petherton?
The median price paid in South Petherton across every sale on the register is £212,250. 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 South Petherton?
2,466 sales are on record for South Petherton, the most recent completing on 12 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have South Petherton house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +30.9% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -6.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were South Petherton house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £420,000, 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 South Petherton?
£2,271 per square metre, from the 474 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 12 Jun 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, “South Petherton 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.