Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst house prices are built from 66 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1998 and the most recent on 7 Apr 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £94,250. Across the 16 years from 1998 to 2014 the median moved +71.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +18.7%.
Median price paid
£94,250
Change in cash, 1998–2014
+71.6%
Change in real terms
+18.7%
Median per m²
£1,638
HM Land Registry66 sales15 with floor areaLatest sale 7 Apr 2025
Section 01
How Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst prices moved
The chart tracks the median Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1998 to 2014. 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 | 1 | £40,500 | £89,929 |
| 2000s | 1 | £77,000 | £140,271 |
| 2010s | 1 | £69,500 | £97,995 |
The highest yearly median on record for Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst is £77,000 in 2006; the lowest is £40,500 in 1998. Across the full 17-year record the cash median has moved from £40,500 to £69,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £83,978, so the real change over the whole record is +18.7% — about +1.08% 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: +71.6% in cash against +18.7% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 7 Downash Court | 7 Apr 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | £86,848 |
| Flat 4 Downash Court | 28 Mar 2025 | Flat or maisonette | £90,000 | £91,957 |
| Flat 9 Downash Court | 21 Nov 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £75,000 | £78,918 |
| Nightingales 4 Downash House | 7 Jun 2024 | Flat or maisonette | £600,000 | £631,343 |
| Flat 12 Downash Court | 3 Feb 2023 | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | £151,264 |
| Flat 3 Downash Court | 10 Nov 2022 | Flat or maisonette | £133,000 | £154,092 |
| The Barn Downash Farm | 29 Jul 2022 | Terraced | £735,000 | £851,561 |
| Flat 2 Downash Court | 12 Apr 2021 | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | £157,930 |
| Downash Lodge | 26 Mar 2021 | Detached | £835,000 | £1,054,973 |
| Dairy Cottage Downash Farm | 22 Jan 2021 | Terraced | £620,000 | £783,333 |
| Flat 4 Downash Court | 10 Feb 2020 | Flat or maisonette | £100,000 | £129,477 |
| Flat 8 Downash Court | 3 Jan 2019 | Flat or maisonette | £63,000 | £82,403 |
| Flat 2 Downash Court | 12 Oct 2018 | Flat or maisonette | £120,000 | £159,924 |
| 4 Rosemary Cottages | 4 Jan 2018 | Semi-detached | £540,000 | £719,660 |
| 3 Rosemary Cottages | 29 Sep 2017 | Semi-detached | £575,000 | £782,577 |
| Flat 20 Downash Court | 24 Jan 2017 | Flat or maisonette | £80,000 | £108,880 |
| Flat 15 Downash Court | 21 Apr 2015 | Flat or maisonette | £96,000 | £135,360 |
| The Barn Downash Farm | 7 Apr 2015 | Terraced | £519,000 | £731,790 |
| Flat 11 Downash Court | 16 Sep 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £60,000 | £86,063 |
| Flat 2 Downash Court | 14 Jul 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £93,235 |
| Flat 1 Downash Court | 13 Jun 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £65,000 | £93,235 |
| 3 Rosemary Cottages | 21 May 2014 | Semi-detached | £670,000 | £961,038 |
| The Grange Downash Farm | 15 May 2014 | Terraced | £444,000 | £636,867 |
| Flat 19 Downash Court | 17 Apr 2014 | Flat or maisonette | £74,000 | £106,144 |
| Dairy Cottage Downash Farm | 9 Nov 2012 | Terraced | £340,000 | £507,839 |
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 Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLAT 7 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £44,000 (1998) | £85,000 (2025) | +2.5% | -0.2% |
| FLAT 4 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £32,000 (1998) | £90,000 (2025) | +3.9% | +1.2% |
| FLAT 9 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £51,800 (2002) | £75,000 (2024) | +1.7% | -1.1% |
| FLAT 12 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £38,500 (1997) | £140,000 (2023) | +5.1% | +2.4% |
| FLAT 3 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £41,500 (1995) | £133,000 (2022) | +4.4% | +1.9% |
| THE BARN DOWNASH FARM Rosemary Lane | £519,000 (2015) | £735,000 (2022) | +5.1% | +2.2% |
| FLAT 2 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £41,000 (1998) | £125,000 (2021) | +5.0% | +2.7% |
| DAIRY COTTAGE DOWNASH FARM Rosemary Lane | £275,000 (2001) | £620,000 (2021) | +4.1% | +1.9% |
| FLAT 8 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £40,000 (1998) | £63,000 (2019) | +2.2% | 0.0% |
| 4 ROSEMARY COTTAGES Rosemary Lane | £300,000 (2002) | £540,000 (2018) | +3.7% | +1.4% |
| 3 ROSEMARY COTTAGES Rosemary Lane | £170,000 (2003) | £575,000 (2017) | +9.1% | +6.6% |
| FLAT 20 DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane | £52,500 (2002) | £80,000 (2017) | +2.8% | +0.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Rosemary Lane, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat or maisonette | 40 | 60.6% | £65,000 | £31,250 – £600,000 |
| Detached | 10 | 15.2% | £385,000 | £158,000 – £910,000 |
| Terraced | 9 | 13.6% | £444,000 | £275,000 – £735,000 |
| Semi-detached | 7 | 10.6% | £413,000 | £170,000 – £670,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst
40 of the sales on record are leasehold and 26 freehold — 60.6% 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 £65,000 and the median freehold sale £428,500 — a gap of +559.2%. 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 | 40 | 60.6% | £65,000 |
| Freehold | 26 | 39.4% | £428,500 |
| New build | 7 | 10.6% | £63,000 |
| Existing home | 59 | 89.4% | £100,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -37.0%. 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 8 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 Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst sits below that national figure — -40.2%.
Within Wadhurst the street ranks 167 of 167 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £295,000 (-68.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,638 per square metre, across 15 of the 66 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 £31,250 to £910,000. 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
- Lower High Street£335,000 median
- Mayfield Lane£726,250 median
- Western Road£268,000 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
- FLAT 9, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane4 sales
- FLAT 2, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane4 sales
- DAIRY COTTAGE, DOWNASH FARM Rosemary Lane4 sales
- 3, ROSEMARY COTTAGES Rosemary Lane4 sales
- FLAT 14, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane4 sales
- FLAT 7, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane3 sales
- FLAT 4, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane3 sales
- FLAT 8, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane3 sales
- FLAT 15, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane3 sales
- STABLE END, DOWNASH FARM Rosemary Lane3 sales
- FLAT 18, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane3 sales
- YEW TREE Rosemary Lane3 sales
- FLAT 12, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane2 sales
- FLAT 3, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane2 sales
- THE BARN, DOWNASH FARM Rosemary Lane2 sales
- 4, ROSEMARY COTTAGES Rosemary Lane2 sales
- FLAT 20, DOWNASH COURT Rosemary Lane2 sales
- THE GRANGE, DOWNASH FARM Rosemary Lane2 sales
- KETLEYS Rosemary Lane2 sales
Back to Wadhurst house prices.
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst?
The median price paid in Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst across every sale on the register is £94,250. 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 Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst?
66 sales are on record for Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst, the most recent completing on 7 Apr 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +71.6% between 1998 and 2014. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +18.7%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £77,000, set in 2006. 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 Rosemary Lane, Wadhurst?
£1,638 per square metre, from the 15 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 7 Apr 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, “Rosemary Lane, 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.