Lower High Street, Wadhurst house prices are built from 71 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 2001 and the most recent on 4 Dec 2024. The median price paid across the whole record is £335,000. Across the 14 years from 2007 to 2021 the median moved +65.4% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +20.2%.
Median price paid
£335,000
Change in cash, 2007–2021
+65.4%
Change in real terms
+20.2%
Median per m²
£4,322
HM Land Registry71 sales1 with floor areaLatest sale 4 Dec 2024
Section 01
How Lower High Street, Wadhurst prices moved
The chart tracks the median Lower High Street, Wadhurst house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 2001 to 2021. 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 | 2 | £332,500 | £605,717 |
| 2010s | 1 | £325,000 | £458,250 |
| 2020s | 1 | £550,000 | £561,957 |
The highest yearly median on record for Lower High Street, Wadhurst is £550,000 in 2021; the lowest is £325,000 in 2019. Across the full 21-year record the cash median has moved from £360,000 to £550,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £705,981, so the real change over the whole record is -1.6% — about -0.08% 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: +65.4% in cash against +20.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eilona | 4 Dec 2024 | Detached | £760,000 | £799,701 |
| The Loft the Old Chapel | 12 Sep 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £502,000 | £528,224 |
| 5 Laurel Bank | 15 Jul 2024 | Terraced | £405,000 | £426,157 |
| The Courtyard the Old Chapel | 5 Jan 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £400,000 | £420,896 |
| 1 Balliol Cottages | 13 Oct 2023 | Semi-detached | £635,500 | £686,632 |
| Rustlings | 13 Oct 2022 | Semi-detached | £510,000 | £590,879 |
| 1 | 29 Oct 2021 | Semi-detached | £630,000 | £795,968 |
| Cedar Bank | 29 Sep 2021 | Terraced | £335,000 | £423,253 |
| 1 Balliol Cottages | 31 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £550,000 | £694,892 |
| April Cottage | 20 Apr 2021 | Terraced | £327,519 | £413,801 |
| Eilona | 24 Feb 2021 | Detached | £720,000 | £909,677 |
| Wesleyan House the Old Chapel | 2 Dec 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £420,000 | £543,802 |
| Olivers Cottage | 12 Nov 2020 | Semi-detached | £581,250 | £752,583 |
| 1 Laurel Bank | 24 Jul 2019 | Terraced | £262,500 | £343,344 |
| The Courtyard the Old Chapel | 18 Apr 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £360,000 | £470,872 |
| The Loft the Old Chapel | 26 Mar 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £325,000 | £425,093 |
| 5 Laurel Bank | 31 Jan 2019 | Terraced | £305,500 | £399,587 |
| Russetts | 18 Jan 2019 | Detached | £805,000 | £1,052,922 |
| Cedar Bank | 9 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £259,250 | £345,503 |
| 2 Mount Pleasant Cottages | 10 Aug 2018 | Terraced | £301,000 | £401,144 |
| Sunnybank | 18 May 2017 | Semi-detached | £487,500 | £663,489 |
| 2 Laurel Bank | 24 Nov 2016 | Terraced | £230,000 | £321,089 |
| Woodstock House | 29 Jul 2016 | Semi-detached | £355,000 | £495,594 |
| Glen Villa | 11 Mar 2016 | Semi-detached | £362,500 | £506,064 |
| 2 Mount Pleasant Cottages | 21 Jan 2016 | Terraced | £225,000 | £314,109 |
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 Lower High Street, Wadhurst values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EILONA Lower High Street | £340,000 (2004) | £760,000 (2024) | +4.1% | +1.2% |
| THE LOFT the OLD CHAPEL Lower High Street | £325,000 (2019) | £502,000 (2024) | +9.1% | +4.4% |
| 5 LAUREL BANK Lower High Street | £192,500 (2007) | £405,000 (2024) | +4.5% | +1.4% |
| THE COURTYARD the OLD CHAPEL Lower High Street | £360,000 (2019) | £400,000 (2024) | +2.1% | -2.2% |
| 1 BALLIOL COTTAGES Lower High Street | £82,200 (1996) | £635,500 (2023) | +7.9% | +5.1% |
| 1 Lower High Street | £189,500 (2001) | £630,000 (2021) | +6.2% | +3.9% |
| CEDAR BANK Lower High Street | £259,250 (2018) | £335,000 (2021) | +8.9% | +7.0% |
| OLIVERS COTTAGE Lower High Street | £422,500 (2013) | £581,250 (2020) | +4.7% | +2.9% |
| 1 LAUREL BANK Lower High Street | £76,000 (1997) | £262,500 (2019) | +5.8% | +3.5% |
| 2 MOUNT PLEASANT COTTAGES Lower High Street | £225,000 (2016) | £301,000 (2018) | +15.7% | +13.0% |
| SUNNYBANK Lower High Street | £272,000 (2000) | £487,500 (2017) | +3.5% | +1.2% |
| WOODSTOCK HOUSE Lower High Street | £185,000 (2002) | £355,000 (2016) | +4.8% | +2.4% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Lower High Street, Wadhurst 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 | 25 | 35.2% | £230,000 | £76,000 – £405,000 |
| Semi-detached | 23 | 32.4% | £365,000 | £82,200 – £635,500 |
| Detached | 18 | 25.4% | £485,000 | £219,950 – £1,400,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 5 | 7.0% | £400,000 | £325,000 – £502,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Lower High Street, Wadhurst
5 of the sales on record are leasehold and 66 freehold — 7.0% 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 £400,000 and the median freehold sale £325,760 — a gap of -18.6%. 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 | 5 | 7.0% | £400,000 |
| Freehold | 66 | 93.0% | £325,760 |
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 Lower High Street, Wadhurst compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Lower High Street, Wadhurst sits above that national figure — +112.7%.
Within Wadhurst the street ranks 73 of 167 by median price, and its median is above the town figure of £295,000 (+13.6%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £4,322 per square metre, across 1 of the 71 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 £76,000 to £1,400,000. 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£249,950 median
- Little Park£160,000 median
- Church Street£230,000 median
- Townlands Road£318,750 median
- Station Road£320,000 median
- Lower Platts£245,000 median
- Old Wardsdown£203,750 median
- Springfields£149,500 median
- Mayfield Lane£726,250 median
- Western Road£268,000 median
- Rosemary Lane£94,250 median
- Queens Cottages£233,000 median
- Acres Rise£195,000 median
- Union Street£285,500 median
- Three Leg Cross£310,000 median
- Jonas Drive£292,500 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 1, LAUREL BANK Lower High Street6 sales
- EILONA Lower High Street4 sales
- 1, BALLIOL COTTAGES Lower High Street4 sales
- 5, LAUREL BANK Lower High Street3 sales
- 1 Lower High Street3 sales
- SUNNYBANK Lower High Street3 sales
- 1, MOUNT PLEASANT COTTAGES Lower High Street3 sales
- MOSEHAM HOUSE Lower High Street3 sales
- FIR TREE COTTAGE Lower High Street3 sales
- 4, LAUREL BANK Lower High Street3 sales
- THE LOFT, the OLD CHAPEL Lower High Street2 sales
- THE COURTYARD, the OLD CHAPEL Lower High Street2 sales
- CEDAR BANK Lower High Street2 sales
- OLIVERS COTTAGE Lower High Street2 sales
- 2, MOUNT PLEASANT COTTAGES Lower High Street2 sales
- WOODSTOCK HOUSE Lower High Street2 sales
- GLEN VILLA Lower High Street2 sales
- WALTERS COTTAGE Lower High Street2 sales
- 3, LAUREL BANK Lower High Street2 sales
- LOWER COTTAGE Lower High Street2 sales
- 2, POLICE HOUSE Lower High Street2 sales
- HOMEFIELD Lower High Street2 sales
Back to Wadhurst house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Lower High Street, Wadhurst?
The median price paid in Lower High Street, Wadhurst across every sale on the register is £335,000. 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 Lower High Street, Wadhurst?
71 sales are on record for Lower High Street, Wadhurst, the most recent completing on 4 Dec 2024. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Lower High Street, Wadhurst house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +65.4% between 2007 and 2021. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +20.2%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Lower High Street, Wadhurst house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £550,000, set in 2021. 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 Lower High Street, Wadhurst?
£4,322 per square metre, from the 1 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 Dec 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, “Lower High Street, Wadhurst 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.