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Bessemer Street, DH8

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

Median sold price
£82,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£1,107
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
31
Distinct homes
17
Price range
£27,500 – £155,500
Sales recorded
2001 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Bessemer Street is a street almost entirely of terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £82,000 — roughly 37% below the DH8 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £1,107, below the district's £1,538. Recent sales here have been outpacing the wider DH8 market. HM Land Registry records 31 sales across 17 homes since 2001.

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Bessemer Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 31 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianDH8 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k200520102015202020252001: £32,500 median · 2 sales2002: £36,975 median · 2 sales2005: £78,250 median · 2 sales2006: £83,975 median · 2 sales2007: £75,000 median · 2 sales2009: £85,000 median · 1 sale2011: £62,500 median · 2 sales2012: £83,500 median · 2 sales2014: £59,500 median · 1 sale2015: £92,500 median · 2 sales2016: £88,500 median · 2 sales2018: £82,750 median · 2 sales2019: £71,500 median · 2 sales2020: £73,500 median · 2 sales2021: £149,950 median · 1 sale2023: £155,500 median · 1 sale2024: £122,750 median · 2 sales2025: £120,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the DH8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Bessemer Street compares

Bessemer Street against the DH8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Dukes Way£203k · 57
Fenwick Way£175k · 53
Benfieldside Road£175k · 51
Victory Close£173k · 59
Dewhirst Close£132k · 49
Medomsley Road£110k · 56
Arkless Grove£105k · 50
Durham Road£95k · 99
Bessemer Street£82k · 31*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£82,000
median · all recorded sales
DH8 district
£130,000
median · last 8 years · street -37%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Bessemer Street's £82,000 median sits about 37% below DH8's £130,000; on floor space it runs £1,107/m² against the district's £1,538/m² (-28%).

Street and DH8 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 Bessemer Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
7 Feb 202512 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£120,000
29 Aug 202421a · DH8 5SSTerraced—£133,000
31 May 20246 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£112,500
20 Dec 202318 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£155,500
16 Sept 202222 · DH8 5SSnon-standardOther—£82,555
20 Dec 202118 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£149,950
12 Nov 20212 · DH8 5SSnon-standardTerraced—£80,000
31 Jul 202011 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£68,000
11 May 202010 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£79,000
28 Oct 201920 · DH8 5SSnon-standardTerraced—£60,000
31 May 201927 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£67,000
8 Mar 20191 · DH8 5SSnon-standardTerraced—£60,000
28 Feb 20195 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£76,000
30 Jul 201819 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£83,500
27 Apr 201818 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£82,000
8 Jul 201621a · DH8 5SSTerraced—£92,000
4 Jul 20168 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£85,000
7 Jul 201516 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£100,000
7 May 20156 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£85,000
30 Sept 20146 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£59,500
13 Jul 201216 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£87,000
23 Jan 201219 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£80,000
11 Nov 201128 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£80,000
20 May 201119 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£45,000
26 Jun 200921a · DH8 5SSTerraced—£85,000
14 Sept 200727 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£100,000
2 Feb 200712 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£50,000
25 Jul 20061 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£98,000
25 May 200620 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£69,950
18 Nov 20051 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£61,500
20 May 200515 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£95,000
2 Aug 20027 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£40,950
15 Feb 20025 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£33,000
1 May 20017 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£27,500
13 Mar 200123 · DH8 5SSTerraced—£37,500

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 DH8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider DH8 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.