Cowlease, Swanage house prices are built from 50 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1999 and the most recent on 4 Sep 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £185,000.
Median price paid
£185,000
Median per m²
£3,100
HM Land Registry50 sales6 with floor areaLatest sale 4 Sep 2024
Section 01
How Cowlease, Swanage prices moved
There are too few years of sales in Cowlease, Swanage 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a Alexandra Terrace | 4 Sep 2024 | Terraced | £351,950 | £370,335 |
| 1 Carrants Court | 8 Aug 2024 | Terraced | £290,000 | £305,149 |
| 5 Carrants Court | 27 Sep 2023 | Terraced | £335,000 | £361,954 |
| 5 Alexandra Terrace | 29 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £294,000 | £371,452 |
| 2 Oxford Terrace | 4 Jun 2021 | Terraced | £357,500 | £451,680 |
| 2 Alexandra Terrace | 22 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £299,500 | £391,739 |
| 5 | 19 Oct 2018 | Terraced | £290,000 | £386,484 |
| 8 | 20 Feb 2017 | Terraced | £335,000 | £455,936 |
| 2 Carrants Court | 19 Dec 2016 | Terraced | £291,000 | £406,248 |
| 1 Oxford Terrace | 5 Sep 2016 | Terraced | £230,000 | £321,089 |
| 1a Alexandra Terrace | 6 Oct 2015 | Terraced | £245,000 | £345,450 |
| 2 Alexandra Terrace | 16 Jul 2015 | Terraced | £245,000 | £345,450 |
| 3 | 27 Feb 2015 | Terraced | £227,500 | £320,775 |
| 3 Oxford Terrace | 21 Nov 2014 | Terraced | £250,000 | £358,596 |
| 1 Alexandra Terrace | 16 Sep 2013 | Terraced | £222,000 | £323,702 |
| 4 Oxford Terrace | 28 Sep 2012 | Terraced | £249,950 | £373,336 |
| 4 Carrants Court | 3 Apr 2012 | Terraced | £207,500 | £309,931 |
| 1a Alexandra Terrace | 3 Feb 2012 | Terraced | £183,000 | £273,337 |
| 2 Alexandra Terrace | 19 May 2011 | Terraced | £198,000 | £303,457 |
| 4 Alexandra Terrace | 28 Jan 2011 | Terraced | £187,000 | £286,598 |
| 3 | 24 Sep 2010 | Terraced | £180,000 | £287,429 |
| 3 Oxford Terrace | 30 Jun 2010 | Terraced | £190,000 | £303,398 |
| 7 | 30 Mar 2010 | Terraced | £230,000 | £367,271 |
| 4 Alexandra Terrace | 24 Feb 2009 | Terraced | £175,000 | £287,587 |
| 4 | 21 Nov 2008 | Terraced | £211,000 | £354,179 |
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 Cowlease, Swanage values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1A ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease | £155,000 (2004) | £351,950 (2024) | +4.2% | +1.3% |
| 1 CARRANTS COURT Cowlease | £45,000 (2005) | £290,000 (2024) | +10.3% | +7.2% |
| 5 ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease | £30,000 (1997) | £294,000 (2021) | +10.0% | +7.6% |
| 2 ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease | £55,000 (1999) | £299,500 (2019) | +8.8% | +6.5% |
| 8 Cowlease | £63,000 (1998) | £335,000 (2017) | +9.2% | +6.8% |
| 2 CARRANTS COURT Cowlease | £177,000 (2005) | £291,000 (2016) | +4.6% | +2.1% |
| 1 OXFORD TERRACE Cowlease | £57,000 (1996) | £230,000 (2016) | +7.2% | +4.9% |
| 3 Cowlease | £180,000 (2010) | £227,500 (2015) | +4.8% | +2.2% |
| 3 OXFORD TERRACE Cowlease | £190,000 (2010) | £250,000 (2014) | +7.1% | +4.3% |
| 1 ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease | £105,000 (2002) | £222,000 (2013) | +7.0% | +4.4% |
| 4 OXFORD TERRACE Cowlease | £76,000 (1998) | £249,950 (2012) | +8.9% | +6.4% |
| 4 CARRANTS COURT Cowlease | £175,000 (2004) | £207,500 (2012) | +2.2% | -0.6% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Cowlease, Swanage 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 | 47 | 94.0% | £190,000 | £30,000 – £357,500 |
| Semi-detached | 3 | 6.0% | £57,000 | £48,700 – £79,950 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Cowlease, Swanage
1 of the sales on record are leasehold and 49 freehold — 2.0% 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 £45,000 and the median freehold sale £187,000 — a gap of +315.6%. 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 | 1 | 2.0% | £45,000 |
| Freehold | 49 | 98.0% | £187,000 |
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 Cowlease, Swanage compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Cowlease, Swanage sits above that national figure — +17.5%.
Within Swanage the street ranks 160 of 218 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £210,000 (-11.9%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,100 per square metre, across 6 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 £30,000 to £357,500. 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£180,000 median
- De Moulham Road£175,000 median
- Park Road£137,500 median
- Victoria Avenue£185,500 median
- Kings Road West£163,000 median
- Ulwell Road£150,000 median
- Burlington Road£195,000 median
- Cranborne Road£148,250 median
- Rempstone Road£173,032 median
- Rabling Road£227,650 median
- Bay Crescent£320,000 median
- Priests Road£210,000 median
- Bell Street£219,975 median
- Durberville Drive£340,000 median
- Ilminster Road£158,000 median
- Queens Road£239,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1A, ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease4 sales
- 2, ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease4 sales
- 8 Cowlease4 sales
- 5, ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease3 sales
- 1, OXFORD TERRACE Cowlease3 sales
- 4, CARRANTS COURT Cowlease3 sales
- 6 Cowlease3 sales
- 1, CARRANTS COURT Cowlease2 sales
- 2, CARRANTS COURT Cowlease2 sales
- 3 Cowlease2 sales
- 3, OXFORD TERRACE Cowlease2 sales
- 1, ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease2 sales
- 4, OXFORD TERRACE Cowlease2 sales
- 4, ALEXANDRA TERRACE Cowlease2 sales
- 7 Cowlease2 sales
- 3, CARRANTS COURT Cowlease2 sales
- 1 Cowlease2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Cowlease, Swanage?
The median price paid in Cowlease, Swanage across every sale on the register is £185,000. 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 Cowlease, Swanage?
50 sales are on record for Cowlease, Swanage, the most recent completing on 4 Sep 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
When were Cowlease, Swanage house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £92,500, set in 1999. 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 Cowlease, Swanage?
£3,100 per square metre, from the 6 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 4 Sep 2024. 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, “Cowlease, Swanage 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.