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Barter Street, WC1A

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£595,500
all recorded sales
Recorded sales
28
Distinct homes
18
Price range
£85,000 – £1,400,000
Sales recorded
2007 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Barter Street is a street almost entirely of flats. Homes here typically change hands around £595,500 — roughly 53% below the WC1A norm. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; WC1A prices as a whole have been rising. HM Land Registry records 28 sales across 18 homes since 2007.

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Barter Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 28 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC1A district trend
£0£2M£4M£6M20102015202020252007: £625,000 median · 3 sales2008: £591,000 median · 5 sales2009: £127,500 median · 3 sales2010: £370,000 median · 1 sale2011: £645,000 median · 4 sales2012: £480,000 median · 1 sale2013: £950,000 median · 1 sale2014: £525,000 median · 1 sale2016: £642,500 median · 2 sales2020: £620,000 median · 1 sale2022: £962,500 median · 2 sales2023: £730,000 median · 2 sales2024: £942,500 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the WC1A district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Barter Street compares

Barter Street against the WC1A district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

New Oxford Street£5.63M · 27
Bloomsbury Square£1.17M · 8
Galen Place£1.06M · 6
Barter Street£866k · 7
Bury Place£782k · 6
Coptic Street£550k · 7

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets.

This street
£595,500
median · all recorded sales
WC1A district
£1,265,000
median · last 8 years · street -53%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Barter Street's £595,500 median sits about 53% below WC1A's £1,265,000.

Street and WC1A figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Every recorded sale on Barter Street

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
24 Sept 2024Flat 6, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£1,019,000
2 Aug 2024Flat 1, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£866,000
12 Dec 2023Flat 5, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£890,000
2 Nov 2023Flat 11, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£570,000
11 Jan 2023Flat 3, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHnon-standardOther—£485,000
25 Nov 2022Flat 12, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£525,000
25 Nov 2022Flat 10, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£1,400,000
30 Nov 2020Flat 9, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£620,000
24 Mar 2016Flat 12, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£735,000
11 Jan 2016Flat 3, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£550,000
17 Feb 2014Flat 3, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£525,000
16 May 2013Flat 9, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£950,000
27 Sept 2012Flat 3, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£480,000
6 Dec 2011Flat 3, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£315,000
10 Nov 2011Flat 6, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£850,000
27 Jun 2011Flat 1, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£460,000
20 May 2011Flat 9, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£830,000
10 Sept 2010Flat 2, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£370,000
27 Oct 2009Flat 5, 19 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£85,000
16 Oct 2009Flat 6, 19 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£127,500
8 May 2009Flat 4, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£600,000
31 Jul 2008Flat 7, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlatYes£560,000
15 May 2008Flat 9, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlatYes£826,000
12 May 2008Flat 6, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlatYes£795,000
16 Apr 2008Flat 10, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlatYes£495,000
19 Mar 2008Flat 8, 21 · WC1A 2EDFlat—£591,000
30 Nov 2007Flat 3, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£340,000
30 Nov 2007Flat 5, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£625,000
22 Aug 2007Flat 7, Lytton Court · WC1A 2AHFlat—£780,000

Sales marked non-standardare Land Registry “additional price paid” entries — bulk purchases, repossessions, right-to-buy and similar transfers. They're listed for completeness but excluded from every median and comparison figure on this page.

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More streets in WC1A

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WC1A area guide.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.