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Boswell Street, WC1N

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

Median sold price
£350,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£9,574
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
61
Distinct homes
40
Price range
£129,950£665,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2026
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Boswell Street is almost entirely flats. Homes here typically change hands around £350,000 — roughly 53% below the WC1N norm. On floor area that works out near £9,574 per square metre, below the district's £11,981. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; WC1N prices as a whole have been easing. HM Land Registry records 61 sales across 40 homes since 2001 — homes here come up rarely.

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Boswell Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 61 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC1N district trend
£0£500k£1M£1.5M200520102015202020252001: £222,000 median · 1 sale2002: £199,950 median · 5 sales2003: £210,000 median · 6 sales2004: £268,000 median · 1 sale2005: £249,000 median · 2 sales2006: £280,000 median · 5 sales2007: £350,000 median · 7 sales2008: £388,000 median · 5 sales2009: £263,500 median · 2 sales2011: £475,000 median · 3 sales2012: £393,750 median · 4 sales2013: £370,000 median · 5 sales2014: £267,260 median · 2 sales2015: £531,000 median · 2 sales2016: £556,500 median · 2 sales2018: £657,475 median · 2 sales2019: £455,000 median · 1 sale2020: £450,000 median · 1 sale2021: £465,000 median · 1 sale2022: £590,000 median · 2 sales2023: £615,000 median · 1 sale2026: £450,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WC1N district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Boswell Street compares

Boswell Street against the WC1N district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

John Street£1.75M · 19
Wakefield Street£1.6M · 13
Doughty Street£830k · 9
Brunswick Centre£750k · 20
Bernard Street£725k · 9
Guilford Street£603k · 14
Coram Street£568k · 10
Hunter Street£550k · 15
Marchmont Street£515k · 9
Boswell Street£465k · 7

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

This street
£350,000
median · all recorded sales
WC1N district
£750,000
median · last 8 years · street -53%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Boswell Street's £350,000 median sits about 53% below WC1N's £750,000; on floor space it runs £9,574/m² against the district's £11,981/m² (-20%).

Street and WC1N 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.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Boswell Street.

Flat
£349,500
60 sales
Terraced
£360,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Boswell Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
31 Mar 2026Flat 25, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£450,000
17 Oct 2025Flat 3, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTnon-standardFlat£416,000
13 Jul 2023Flat A, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£615,000
15 Aug 2022Flat 16, Devonshire Court · WC1N 3PXFlat£625,000
7 Jan 2022Flat 10, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£555,000
25 Jun 2021Flat 1, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£465,000
25 Jun 2021Flat 3, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTnon-standardFlat£365,000
6 Nov 2020Flat 13, Richbell, 11 · WC1N 3PZFlat£450,000
15 Apr 2020Flat 16, Richbell, 11 · WC1N 3PZnon-standardFlat£455,000
1 Feb 2019Flat B, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£455,000
20 Mar 2018Flat 11, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£665,000
2 Feb 2018Flat 6, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£649,950
9 Nov 2016Flat 10, Richbell · WC1N 3PZFlat£575,000
3 Jun 2016Flat 2, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£538,000
28 Aug 2015Flat 8, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£617,000
7 Aug 2015Flat 26, Richbell · WC1N 3PZFlat£445,000
10 Oct 2014Flat E, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£310,000
14 Mar 2014Flat A, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£224,520
6 Sept 2013Flat B, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£405,000
28 Jun 2013Flat 18, Richbell · WC1N 3PZFlat£348,000
24 Jun 2013Flat 27, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£370,000
14 May 2013Flat 20, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£475,000
18 Mar 2013Flat 24, Richbell · WC1N 3PZFlat£365,000
19 Oct 2012Flat 10, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£280,000
11 Aug 2012Flat 12, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£440,000
27 Apr 2012Flat 10, Richbell · WC1N 3PZFlat£347,500
30 Mar 2012Flat 19, Devonshire Court · WC1N 3PXFlat£475,000
18 Nov 2011Flat 18, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£475,000
9 Sept 2011Flat 11, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTTerraced£360,000
18 Jul 2011Flat 45, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£580,000
17 Dec 2009Flat 10, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£178,000
18 Sept 2009Flat 14, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£349,000
10 Oct 2008Flat 30, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£388,000
19 Sept 2008Flat 16, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£365,000
28 Feb 2008Flat 10, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£436,000
28 Feb 2008Flat 28, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£405,000
21 Feb 2008Flat 26, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£383,000
9 Nov 2007Flat 18, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£390,000
12 Oct 2007Flat 26, Richbell · WC1N 3PZFlat£350,000
16 Jul 2007Flat 24, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£372,500
12 Jul 2007Flat C, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£420,000
11 May 2007Flat 1, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£305,000
8 Mar 2007Flat B, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£250,000
5 Jan 2007Flat 20, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£180,000
27 Oct 2006Flat 8, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£300,000
27 Sept 2006Flat 27, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£280,000
28 Feb 2006Flat 25, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£267,000
10 Feb 2006Flat E, Bevan House · WC1N 3BTFlat£135,000
6 Jan 2006Flat 31, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£340,000
23 Nov 2005Flat 21, Boswell House · WC1N 3PRFlat£220,000

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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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.