Winchelsea house prices are built from 1,557 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 24 Jun 2026. The median price paid across the whole record is £221,000. Across the 10 years from 2016 to 2026 the median moved +11.6% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is -20.1%.
Median price paid
£221,000
Change in cash, 2016–2026
+11.6%
Change in real terms
-20.1%
Median per m²
£3,075
HM Land Registry1,557 sales92 with floor areaLatest sale 24 Jun 2026
Section 01
How Winchelsea prices moved
The chart tracks the median Winchelsea 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 | £73,000 | £162,094 |
| 2000s | 10 | £208,500 | £379,826 |
| 2010s | 10 | £250,000 | £352,500 |
| 2020s | 7 | £422,500 | £431,685 |
The highest yearly median on record for Winchelsea is £470,000 in 2023; the lowest is £67,000 in 1996. Across the full 32-year record the cash median has moved from £73,000 to £342,500.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £162,094, so the real change over the whole record is +111.3% — about +2.44% 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: +11.6% in cash against -20.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Brede Valley View | 24 Jun 2026 | Terraced | £270,000 | £270,000 |
| 1 Pipewell Cottages | 1 May 2026 | Semi-detached | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| MULBERRY COTTAGE Mill Road | 1 Apr 2026 | Detached | £585,000 | £585,000 |
| CARTREF Dogs Hill Road | 26 Mar 2026 | Detached | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| WHITE FLEET Station Road | 3 Feb 2026 | Detached | £780,000 | £780,000 |
| WATERSTONE COTTAGE Rectory Lane | 3 Feb 2026 | Detached | £550,000 | £550,000 |
| GLENGARRIFFE Main Road | 30 Jan 2026 | Detached | £342,500 | £342,500 |
| 4 Hiham Bungalows | 10 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £340,000 | £347,391 |
| WALL COTTAGE North Street | 3 Dec 2025 | Terraced | £950,000 | £970,652 |
| MELROSE Sea Road | 28 Nov 2025 | Detached | £336,000 | £343,304 |
| JANITA Sea Road | 27 Nov 2025 | Detached | £510,000 | £521,087 |
| IDEN Morlais Place | 11 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £215,000 | £219,674 |
| WELL HOUSE Castle Street | 8 Oct 2025 | Detached | £1,450,000 | £1,481,522 |
| 1 Oast House Road | 29 Aug 2025 | Detached | £425,000 | £434,239 |
| 1 PARSONAGE LANE COTTAGES Parsonage Lane | 28 Aug 2025 | Terraced | £280,000 | £286,087 |
| THE BROWS Main Road | 15 Aug 2025 | Detached | £375,000 | £383,152 |
| RAMESLIE Sea Road | 14 Aug 2025 | Detached | £480,000 | £490,435 |
| SNAYLHAM HOUSE Broad Street | 1 Aug 2025 | Detached | £1,680,000 | £1,716,522 |
| HARPER Main Road | 28 Jul 2025 | Detached | £367,500 | £375,489 |
| PEELERS Mill Road | 11 Jul 2025 | Detached | £575,000 | £587,500 |
| THE COTTAGE Hogtrough Lane | 4 Jul 2025 | Detached | £610,000 | £623,261 |
| 34 Brede Valley View | 2 Jun 2025 | Terraced | £254,950 | £260,492 |
| LITTLE CHART Old River Way | 30 May 2025 | Detached | £325,000 | £332,065 |
| GREEN FOLDS Main Road | 16 May 2025 | Detached | £249,950 | £255,384 |
| RIVENDELL Sea Road | 17 Apr 2025 | Semi-detached | £315,000 | £321,848 |
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 Winchelsea values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 Brede Valley View | £173,000 (2014) | £270,000 (2026) | +3.8% | +0.7% |
| 1 Pipewell Cottages | £200,000 (2007) | £325,000 (2026) | +2.6% | -0.4% |
| MULBERRY COTTAGE Mill Road | £312,500 (2008) | £585,000 (2026) | +3.5% | +0.6% |
| CARTREF Dogs Hill Road | £116,000 (2000) | £325,000 (2026) | +4.0% | +1.3% |
| WHITE FLEET Station Road | £215,000 (2000) | £780,000 (2026) | +5.1% | +2.3% |
| WATERSTONE COTTAGE Rectory Lane | £287,500 (2004) | £550,000 (2026) | +3.0% | +0.1% |
| GLENGARRIFFE Main Road | £216,000 (2015) | £342,500 (2026) | +4.3% | +1.1% |
| 4 Hiham Bungalows | £187,000 (2011) | £340,000 (2025) | +4.4% | +1.4% |
| WALL COTTAGE North Street | £370,000 (2004) | £950,000 (2025) | +4.6% | +1.7% |
| MELROSE Sea Road | £98,000 (1999) | £336,000 (2025) | +4.9% | +2.1% |
| IDEN Morlais Place | £125,000 (2007) | £215,000 (2025) | +3.1% | +0.1% |
| WELL HOUSE Castle Street | £495,000 (2005) | £1,450,000 (2025) | +5.5% | +2.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Winchelsea 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 | 797 | 51.2% | £250,000 | £14,500 – £2,457,500 |
| Semi-detached | 401 | 25.8% | £188,000 | £28,710 – £1,100,000 |
| Terraced | 285 | 18.3% | £200,000 | £29,000 – £1,400,000 |
| Flat or maisonette | 74 | 4.8% | £123,000 | £24,000 – £437,500 |
Section 05
How big homes are in Winchelsea
Energy Performance Certificates record a floor area for every home that has been surveyed, sold or let — far more homes than have changed hands. 371 certificates cover Winchelsea, and their median floor area is 83 m².
The median across the whole register is 76 m², so homes here are larger than average — +9.2%. 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 | 83 m² | about 893 sq ft |
| Smaller quarter, up to | 58 m² | about 624 sq ft |
| Larger quarter, from | 123 m² | about 1,324 sq ft |
| Under 60 m² | 31.3% | 116 homes |
| 150 m² and over | 15.1% | 56 homes |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Winchelsea
79 of the sales on record are leasehold and 1,478 freehold — 5.1% 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 £115,000 and the median freehold sale £229,975 — a gap of +100.0%. 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 | 79 | 5.1% | £115,000 |
| Freehold | 1,478 | 94.9% | £229,975 |
| New build | 20 | 1.3% | £76,500 |
| Existing home | 1,537 | 98.7% | £225,000 |
New builds sold for less than the median existing home — -66.0%. 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 84 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 Winchelsea compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Winchelsea sits above that national figure — +40.3%.
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £3,075 per square metre, across 92 of the 1,557 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 £14,500 to £2,457,500. 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 in Winchelsea
- Sea Road169 sales
- Main Road151 sales
- Brede Valley View83 sales
- Dogs Hill Road62 sales
- Pett Level Road60 sales
- Manor Close54 sales
- Harbour Farm46 sales
- The Ridge45 sales
- Rectory Lane43 sales
- Oast House Field41 sales
- Old River Way40 sales
- Hiham Green38 sales
- Mill Road38 sales
- The Strand35 sales
- Parsonage Lane31 sales
- Castle Street30 sales
- Willow Lane24 sales
- Donald Way23 sales
- Greyfriars Place23 sales
- North Street22 sales
- Goldhurst Green20 sales
- High Street20 sales
- Morlais Place20 sales
- Smeatons Lane20 sales
- High Fords19 sales
- Barrack Square18 sales
- German Street18 sales
- Tanyard Cottages18 sales
- Friars Road17 sales
- Station Road16 sales
- Oast House Road15 sales
- Workhouse Lane15 sales
- Trojans Plat14 sales
- Higham Road13 sales
- Hog Hill13 sales
- Kent Close13 sales
- Morlais Ridge13 sales
- School Hill13 sales
- Victoria Way13 sales
- Windmill Way13 sales
- Five Houses12 sales
- Oast House Mews12 sales
- Sea View Cottages12 sales
- Sea View Terrace12 sales
- Broad Street11 sales
- Old Harbour Farm Lane11 sales
- Tithe Barn Field11 sales
- Hiham Gardens8 sales
- Landgate Cottages8 sales
- Laurel Lane8 sales
- Spring Steps8 sales
- St Giles Close7 sales
- Watermill Lane7 sales
- White Close7 sales
- Hiham Bungalows5 sales
- St Thomas Street5 sales
- Windmill Lane5 sales
Postcode districts covering Winchelsea
- TN36£221,000 median
Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Winchelsea?
The median price paid in Winchelsea across every sale on the register is £221,000. 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 Winchelsea?
1,557 sales are on record for Winchelsea, the most recent completing on 24 Jun 2026. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Winchelsea house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +11.6% between 2016 and 2026. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is -20.1%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Winchelsea house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £470,000, 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 Winchelsea?
£3,075 per square metre, from the 92 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 24 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, “Winchelsea 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.