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Great James Street, WC1N

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

Median sold price
£900,800
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£14,476
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
30
Distinct homes
25
Price range
£190,000 – £6,500,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Great James Street is a mix of flats and terraced houses. Homes here typically change hands around £900,800 — roughly 20% above the WC1N norm. On floor area that works out near £14,476 per square metre, above the district's £11,981. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across WC1N prices have been easing over the last few years. HM Land Registry records 30 sales across 25 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Great James Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 30 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC1N district trend
£0£2M£4M£6M£8M2000200520102015202020252000: £637,500 median · 2 sales2001: £599,550 median · 2 sales2002: £250,000 median · 3 sales2003: £1,039,500 median · 2 sales2004: £1,543,250 median · 2 sales2005: £557,500 median · 2 sales2007: £580,380 median · 1 sale2009: £375,000 median · 1 sale2010: £392,612 median · 1 sale2013: £2,052,700 median · 3 sales2014: £749,000 median · 1 sale2015: £2,637,500 median · 2 sales2019: £3,150,000 median · 3 sales2020: £5,110,000 median · 1 sale2021: £635,000 median · 2 sales2023: £6,500,000 median · 1 sale2024: £3,650,000 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 Great James Street compares

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

Great James Street£3.4M · 8
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

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

This street
£900,800
median · all recorded sales
WC1N district
£750,000
median · last 8 years · street +20%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Great James Street's £900,800 median sits about 20% above WC1N's £750,000; on floor space it runs £14,476/m² against the district's £11,981/m² (+21%).

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 Great James Street.

Flat
£383,806
16 sales
Terraced
£3,400,000
12 sales
Detached
£1,310,000
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Great James Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
20 Mar 202429 · WC1N 3EYnon-standardOther—£3,385,000
15 Mar 202438 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£3,650,000
15 Dec 202330 · WC1N 3EYTerraced—£6,500,000
31 Jul 20237 - 8 · WC1N 3DFnon-standardTerraced—£3,940,000
5 Jan 202319 · WC1N 3ESnon-standardOther—£145,000
1 Dec 20228 · WC1N 3DFnon-standardTerraced—£3,550,000
22 Dec 202126 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£710,000
3 Dec 202137 · WC1N 3HBnon-standardOther—£3,356,263
1 Jun 202129 · WC1N 3EYnon-standardOther—£3,500,000
8 Mar 2021Flat 7, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£560,000
16 Feb 20217 - 8 · WC1N 3DFnon-standardOther—£5,000,000
16 Feb 20217 - 8 · WC1N 3DFnon-standardOther—£5,000,000
27 Nov 202037 · WC1N 3HBnon-standardTerraced—£2,400,000
30 Sept 202036 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£5,110,000
30 Aug 2019Flat 3, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£1,010,000
23 Aug 201930 · WC1N 3EYTerraced—£4,999,000
8 Feb 201934 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£3,150,000
30 Apr 201834 · WC1N 3HBnon-standardOther—£2,500,000
9 Feb 2018Flat 2, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESnon-standardOther—£875,000
21 Oct 201635 · WC1N 3HBnon-standardOther—£3,375,000
30 Sept 201536 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£3,850,000
18 Sept 2015Flat 8, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£1,425,000
1 Jun 2015Gordon Fisher House, 14 · WC1N 3DPnon-standardTerraced—£3,226,750
1 Jun 2015Godon Fisher House, 15 · WC1N 3DPnon-standardTerraced—£3,226,750
31 Jul 201425 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£749,000
17 Sept 2013Flat 9, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£727,000
22 Jul 201312 · WC1N 3DRTerraced—£5,500,000
25 Mar 201331 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£2,052,700
19 Oct 2010Flat 10, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£392,612
27 Nov 2009Flat 5, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£375,000
23 Feb 200728 · WC1N 3EYFlat—£580,380
3 Nov 2005Flat 7, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlatYes£265,000
14 Jun 200522 · WC1N 3ESTerraced—£850,000
26 Jul 20044 · WC1N 3DBDetached—£1,535,000
15 Jan 200410 · WC1N 3DHTerraced—£1,551,500
29 Jul 200338 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£1,800,000
20 Jan 2003Flat F, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£279,000
7 Oct 2002Flat D, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£267,000
18 Mar 2002Flat 1, 3 · WC1N 3DBFlat—£238,500
22 Feb 2002First Floor Flat, 1 · WC1N 3DBFlat—£250,000
11 Jun 2001Flat C, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£247,500
30 Mar 200137 · WC1N 3HBTerraced—£951,600
18 Jul 20004 · WC1N 3DBDetached—£1,085,000
18 Jan 2000Flat 6, 23 - 24 · WC1N 3ESFlat—£190,000

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 WC1N

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WC1N 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.