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John Street, WC1N

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

Median sold price
£1,350,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£21,595
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
59
Distinct homes
42
Price range
£215,000 – £8,250,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Sales on John Street are mostly flats. Homes here typically change hands around £1,350,000 — roughly 80% above the WC1N norm. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £21,595, above the district's £11,981. The street has lagged the WC1N trend. HM Land Registry records 59 sales across 42 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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John Street prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 59 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: £762,500 median · 3 sales2001: £1,260,000 median · 2 sales2002: £2,250,000 median · 1 sale2004: £950,000 median · 3 sales2005: £1,120,000 median · 1 sale2006: £2,322,000 median · 1 sale2007: £3,650,000 median · 1 sale2008: £1,800,000 median · 1 sale2011: £3,650,000 median · 2 sales2012: £1,140,000 median · 1 sale2013: £790,000 median · 15 sales2014: £1,600,000 median · 4 sales2015: £1,262,500 median · 4 sales2016: £6,750,000 median · 1 sale2018: £1,610,000 median · 2 sales2019: £4,557,500 median · 2 sales2020: £2,265,000 median · 2 sales2021: £5,975,000 median · 2 sales2022: £1,501,000 median · 3 sales2023: £1,350,000 median · 3 sales2024: £980,000 median · 3 sales2025: £1,675,000 median · 2 sales

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 John Street compares

John 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

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

This street
£1,350,000
median · all recorded sales
WC1N district
£750,000
median · last 8 years · street +80%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

John Street's £1,350,000 median sits about 80% above WC1N's £750,000; on floor space it runs £21,595/m² against the district's £11,981/m² (+80%).

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 John Street.

Flat
£1,000,000
39 sales
Terraced
£3,000,000
17 sales
Detached
£2,250,000
3 sales

Every recorded sale on John Street

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
19 Dec 2025Flat 6, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,350,000
5 Dec 2025Flat 4, 6 · WC1N 2ESFlat—£2,000,000
25 Jul 2025Flat 2, 23 · WC1N 2BGnon-standardFlat—£705,000
9 Dec 2024Flat 8, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,931,000
18 Nov 2024Flat 14, John Kirk House, 31 - 32 · WC1N 2ATFlat—£910,000
9 Aug 2024Office Suite 1, 21 · WC1N 2BFnon-standardOther—£855,000
17 Jun 2024Flat 7, John Kirk House, 31 - 32 · WC1N 2ATFlat—£980,000
20 Dec 20239 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardOther—£4,200,000
24 Oct 202314 · WC1N 2EBTerraced—£2,735,000
8 Sept 2023Flat 7, 1 · WC1N 2ESFlat—£1,350,000
8 Jun 2023Flat 13, John Kirk House, 31 - 32 · WC1N 2ATFlat—£940,000
30 Nov 2022Flat 2, 23 · WC1N 2BGFlat—£750,000
28 Oct 2022Flat 1, 23 · WC1N 2BGFlat—£2,050,000
29 Sept 2022Flat 3, John Kirk House, 31 - 32 · WC1N 2ATFlat—£1,501,000
28 Jan 202214 · WC1N 2EBnon-standardOther—£3,300,000
30 Jul 202134 · WC1N 2ATTerraced—£8,250,000
31 Mar 202111 · WC1N 2EBTerraced—£3,700,000
11 Jan 202133 · WC1N 2ATnon-standardTerraced—£5,000,000
14 Dec 2020Flat 1, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,530,000
2 Dec 202019 · WC1N 2DLnon-standardOther—£5,447,500
26 Jun 2020Meed House 21 · WC1N 2BLnon-standardOther—£206,000
18 May 202027 · WC1N 2BXnon-standardOther—£5,550,000
17 Apr 202025 · WC1N 2BSTerraced—£3,000,000
9 Dec 2019Flat 8, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,750,000
19 Sept 201935 · WC1N 2ATTerraced—£7,365,000
6 Mar 2019Flat 6, 6 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardFlat—£785,000
6 Mar 2019Flat 7, 6 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardFlat—£1,395,000
6 Mar 2019Flat 2, 6 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardFlat—£942,000
6 Mar 2019Flat 5, 6 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardFlat—£785,000
6 Mar 2019Flat 8, 6 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardFlat—£1,482,000
7 Aug 201819 · WC1N 2DLnon-standardTerraced—£4,070,000
2 Aug 2018Flat 1, 6 · WC1N 2ESFlat—£1,220,000
27 Jul 2018Flat 4, 6 · WC1N 2ESFlat—£2,000,000
11 May 2018Flat 5, 21 · WC1N 2BFnon-standardFlat—£1,650,000
4 Dec 2017Office Suite 1, 21 · WC1N 2BFnon-standardOther—£1,350,000
22 Mar 2017Flat 1, 6 · WC1N 2ESnon-standardTerraced—£6,000,000
21 Dec 2016Office Suite 2, 21 · WC1N 2BFnon-standardOther—£2,250,000
27 May 201634 · WC1N 2ATTerraced—£6,750,000
21 Sept 2015Flat 10, John Kirk House, 31 - 32 · WC1N 2ATFlat—£1,275,000
10 Aug 2015Flat 2, 23 · WC1N 2BGFlat—£775,000
7 Aug 2015Flat 7, 1 · WC1N 2ESFlat—£1,250,000
5 Jun 2015Flat 6, 21 · WC1N 2BFnon-standardFlat—£1,825,000
1 May 2015Flat 3, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,450,000
19 Dec 2014Flat 7, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,875,000
31 Oct 2014Flat 1, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£1,999,999
31 Oct 2014Flat 4, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlat—£850,000
19 Aug 2014Flat 2, 21 · WC1N 2BFFlatYes£1,325,000
16 Oct 201317 · WC1N 2DETerraced—£4,270,000
2 Aug 2013Flat 15, John Kirk House · WC1N 2ATFlat—£1,850,000
30 Apr 2013Flat 14, John Kirk House, 31 - 32 · WC1N 2ATFlatYes£990,000

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.