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Friars Close, LU1

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

Median sold price
£156,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,711
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
17
Distinct homes
10
Price range
£52,500£225,000
Sales recorded
2001 → 2022
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Friars Close is a mix of flats and terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £156,000 — roughly 43% below the LU1 norm. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across LU1 prices have been easing over the last few years. With 17 sales across 10 homes since 2001, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Friars Close prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 17 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianLU1 district trend
£0£100k£200k£300k£400k200520102015202020252001: £55,750 median · 2 sales2002: £67,000 median · 1 sale2004: £88,500 median · 1 sale2005: £145,000 median · 1 sale2007: £166,000 median · 3 sales2008: £76,000 median · 1 sale2009: £106,000 median · 1 sale2014: £170,000 median · 1 sale2018: £169,750 median · 2 sales2019: £190,500 median · 2 sales2022: £164,750 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the LU1 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Friars Close compares

Friars Close against the LU1 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Magpie Meadows£540k · 52
Mallard Crescent£441k · 74
Manor Road£425k · 44
Cutenhoe Road£385k · 57
Farley Hill£275k · 58
Runley Road£271k · 57
Cypress Road£225k · 47
Dallow Road£221k · 64
Friars Close£156k · 17*
Downs Road£128k · 46

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
£156,000
median · all recorded sales
LU1 district
£275,000
median · last 8 years · street -43%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Friars Close's £156,000 median sits about 43% below LU1's £275,000.

Street and LU1 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 Friars Close.

Flat
£97,250
10 sales
Terraced
£169,500
7 sales

Every recorded sale on Friars Close

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
27 Aug 20245, Friars Court · LU1 5PTnon-standardFlat£155,000
31 Aug 20227, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£162,500
9 Aug 20221, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£167,000
5 Apr 20191, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£156,000
31 Jan 20193 · LU1 5PSTerraced£225,000
17 Jul 20184, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£170,000
21 Jun 20183 · LU1 5PSTerraced£169,500
7 May 20151, Friars Court · LU1 5PTnon-standardFlat£115,000
30 May 20146 · LU1 5PSTerraced£170,000
4 Dec 20095, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£106,000
12 Dec 20088, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£76,000
3 Sept 20071 · LU1 5PSTerraced£177,000
3 Aug 20075 · LU1 5PSTerraced£166,000
27 Apr 20071 · LU1 5PSTerraced£145,000
28 Feb 20051 · LU1 5PSTerraced£145,000
6 Feb 20041, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£88,500
15 Aug 20021, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£67,000
7 Sept 200110, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£52,500
14 Jun 20017, Friars Court · LU1 5PTFlat£59,000

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 LU1

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider LU1 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.