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Essex Street, PL1

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

Median sold price
£98,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,786
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
16
Distinct homes
8
Price range
£14,000£180,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on Essex Street are mostly terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £98,000 — roughly 45% below the PL1 norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £2,786, above the district's £2,145. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across PL1 prices have been easing over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 16 sales across 8 homes since 2000.

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Essex Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 16 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianPL1 district trend
£0£50k£100k£150k£200k£250k2000200520102015202020252000: £14,000 median · 1 sale2001: £54,000 median · 1 sale2002: £59,225 median · 2 sales2003: £90,000 median · 2 sales2004: £52,000 median · 1 sale2006: £81,000 median · 2 sales2007: £96,000 median · 1 sale2009: £135,000 median · 1 sale2013: £145,000 median · 1 sale2016: £100,000 median · 1 sale2020: £125,000 median · 1 sale2024: £180,000 median · 1 sale2025: £165,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the PL1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Essex Street compares

Essex Street against the PL1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Notte Street£258k · 61
Royal William Yard£240k · 143
Kingdom Street£240k · 101
Craigie Drive£229k · 100
Durnford Street£183k · 99
Valletort Road£149k · 71
Millbay Road£135k · 71
Chapel Street£130k · 63
Essex Street£98k · 16*

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
£98,000
median · all recorded sales
PL1 district
£177,500
median · last 8 years · street -45%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Essex Street's £98,000 median sits about 45% below PL1's £177,500; on floor space it runs £2,786/m² against the district's £2,145/m² (+30%).

Street and PL1 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 Essex Street.

Terraced
£102,500
14 sales
Flat
£96,000
1 sale
Semi-detached
£52,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Essex Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
11 Apr 20257 · PL1 5HBTerraced£165,000
30 Aug 202413 · PL1 5HBTerraced£180,000
25 Jun 20216 · PL1 5HBnon-standardTerraced£119,250
4 Dec 202013 · PL1 5HBTerraced£125,000
1 Dec 20178 · PL1 5HBnon-standardTerraced£192,500
4 Mar 20163 · PL1 5HBTerraced£100,000
6 Jun 20134 · PL1 5HBTerraced£145,000
7 Aug 20095 · PL1 5HBTerraced£135,000
27 Jul 200711a · PL1 5HBFlatYes£96,000
20 Dec 200613 · PL1 5HBTerraced£122,000
13 Mar 20069 · PL1 5HBTerraced£40,000
4 May 200411a · PL1 5HBSemi-detached£52,000
10 Sept 20038 · PL1 5HBTerraced£105,000
7 Mar 20035 · PL1 5HBTerraced£75,000
21 Nov 20024 · PL1 5HBTerraced£45,500
25 Oct 200213 · PL1 5HBTerraced£72,950
30 Apr 20015 · PL1 5HBTerraced£54,000
1 Dec 20004 · PL1 5HBTerraced£14,000

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 PL1

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider PL1 area guide.

Royal William YardDurnford StreetNorth Road WestStuart RoadMillbay RoadCraigie DriveValletort RoadCitadel RoadNotte StreetWilton StreetThe CrescentElliot Street
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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.