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Hand Axe Yard, WC1X

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

Median sold price
£1,122,376
all recorded sales
Recorded sales
46
Distinct homes
43
Price range
£603,250£1,859,688
Sales recorded
2017 → 2023
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Hand Axe Yard is a street almost entirely of flats. Homes here typically change hands around £1,122,376 — roughly 10% above the WC1X norm. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across WC1X prices have been easing over the last few years. The record shows 46 sales across 43 homes since 2017.

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Hand Axe Yard prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 46 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC1X district trend
£500k£1M£1.5M£2M201820202022202420262017: £1,103,976 median · 34 sales2018: £1,490,000 median · 9 sales2021: £900,000 median · 1 sale2022: £950,000 median · 1 sale2023: £650,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the WC1X district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Hand Axe Yard compares

Hand Axe Yard against the WC1X district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Salutation Gardens£1.42M · 32
Paragon Square£1.32M · 73
Mount Pleasant£1.3M · 64
Phoenix Place£1.23M · 31
Jubilee Walk£1.19M · 157
Hand Axe Yard£900k · 5
Wilmington Square£898k · 25
Lloyd Baker Street£570k · 19
Cruikshank Street£530k · 21
Gray'S Inn Road£510k · 53

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

This street
£1,122,376
median · all recorded sales
WC1X district
£1,020,600
median · last 8 years · street +10%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Hand Axe Yard's £1,122,376 median sits about 10% above WC1X's £1,020,600.

Street and WC1X 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 Hand Axe Yard.

Flat
£1,103,976
44 sales
Terraced
£1,807,344
2 sales

Every recorded sale on Hand Axe Yard

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
25 Jun 202418 · WC1X 8BDnon-standardFlat£1,300,000
28 Apr 2023Flat 4, 14 · WC1X 8BDFlat£650,000
25 Jan 20226 · WC1X 8BDFlat£950,000
30 Mar 202111 · WC1X 8BDFlat£900,000
24 Sept 2018Flat 3, 15 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,127,000
30 Aug 201817 · WC1X 8BDnon-standardTerracedYes£1,650,000
30 Jul 2018Flat 2, 15 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£667,200
13 Jul 2018Flat 1, 15 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£603,250
12 Jul 2018Flat 12, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,500,000
29 Jun 2018Flat 1, 8 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,440,750
15 Jun 201818 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,700,655
30 May 20185 · WC1X 8BDnon-standardFlat£1,075,000
1 May 2018Flat 2, 8 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,490,000
30 Apr 201816 · WC1X 8BDTerracedYes£1,859,688
16 Apr 201819 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,838,120
8 Dec 2017Office Unit, 1 · WC1X 8BDnon-standardOther£7,250,000
8 Dec 2017Office Unit, 1 · WC1X 8BDnon-standardOtherYes£7,250,000
16 Nov 2017Flat 3, 14 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,194,360
10 Nov 2017Flat 2, 14 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,089,256
10 Nov 201711 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,075,248
9 Nov 201710 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,075,248
8 Nov 20179 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,075,248
7 Nov 2017Flat 1, 14 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,080,888
7 Nov 2017Flat 7, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,236,453
2 Nov 201713 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,268,550
2 Nov 2017Flat 9, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,790,000
31 Oct 2017Flat 1, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,118,695
27 Oct 2017Flat 6, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,126,056
27 Oct 2017Flat 2, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,031,669
27 Oct 2017Flat 8, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,167,761
27 Oct 2017Flat 3, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,173,888
27 Oct 2017Flat 4, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,084,350
27 Oct 2017Flat 5, 12 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,194,308
17 Oct 20176 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,075,248
17 Oct 2017Flat 1, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£895,232
17 Oct 20177 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,063,929
17 Oct 20175 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,075,248
13 Oct 2017Flat 4, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£917,613
11 Oct 201720 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,780,900
11 Oct 201721 · WC1X 8BDTerracedYes£1,755,000
11 Oct 201722 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,764,726
9 Oct 20173 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,251,172
3 Oct 2017Flat 4, 14 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£889,314
29 Sept 2017Flat 8, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£938,000
29 Sept 2017Flat 7, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£892,994
26 Sept 2017Flat 6, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,137,709
25 Sept 2017Flat 11, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,213,888
25 Sept 2017Flat 10, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£1,175,443
25 Sept 2017Flat 5, 4 · WC1X 8BDFlatYes£920,000
25 Sept 2017Flat 2, 4 · WC1X 8BDnon-standardFlatYes£900,000

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 WC1X

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider WC1X 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.