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Southampton Row, WC1B

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

Median sold price
£550,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£11,642
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
105
Distinct homes
73
Price range
£100,000 – £1,575,000
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Southampton Row is almost entirely flats. The median sale price is £550,000, about 48% below the typical WC1B sale. On floor area that works out near £11,642 per square metre, below the district's £12,537. The street has been outpacing the WC1B trend. HM Land Registry records 105 sales across 73 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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Southampton Row prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 105 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianWC1B district trend
£0£500k£1M£1.5M£2M2000200520102015202020252000: £292,500 median · 2 sales2001: £321,000 median · 4 sales2002: £338,000 median · 8 sales2003: £345,000 median · 4 sales2004: £330,000 median · 10 sales2005: £397,500 median · 9 sales2006: £440,000 median · 7 sales2007: £490,000 median · 5 sales2008: £612,500 median · 4 sales2009: £592,000 median · 1 sale2010: £705,000 median · 7 sales2012: £622,400 median · 3 sales2013: £770,000 median · 6 sales2015: £1,325,000 median · 3 sales2016: £842,500 median · 5 sales2017: £1,425,000 median · 1 sale2018: £602,000 median · 2 sales2019: £709,500 median · 4 sales2020: £1,040,000 median · 4 sales2021: £820,000 median · 5 sales2022: £840,000 median · 1 sale2023: £800,000 median · 5 sales2024: £1,100,000 median · 3 sales2025: £836,666 median · 2 sales

Median sold price by year vs the WC1B district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Southampton Row compares

Southampton Row against the WC1B district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Adeline Place£1.5M · 5
Bedford Avenue£1.35M · 27
Russell Square£1.09M · 14
Southampton Row£820k · 25

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

This street
£550,000
median · all recorded sales
WC1B district
£1,061,250
median · last 8 years · street -48%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Southampton Row's £550,000 median sits about 48% below WC1B's £1,061,250; on floor space it runs £11,642/m² against the district's £12,537/m² (-7%).

Street and WC1B 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.

Every recorded sale on Southampton Row

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
15 Sept 2025Flat 5, Cranfield House, 97 - 107 · WC1B 4HHFlat—£902,332
15 Sept 2025Flat 10, Russell Square Mansions, 122 · WC1B 5AEFlat—£771,000
20 Mar 2025Flat 20, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£802,390
20 Mar 2025Flat 11, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£828,878
20 Mar 2025Flat 12, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£360,073
20 Mar 2025Flat 24, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£301,268
20 Mar 2025Flat 1, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£493,978
20 Mar 2025Flat 14, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£301,268
20 Mar 2025Flat 18, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£273,288
20 Mar 2025Flat 22, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£301,268
20 Mar 2025Flat 21, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£828,878
20 Mar 2025Flat 17, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£301,268
20 Mar 2025Flat 2, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£301,268
20 Mar 2025Flat 10, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£828,878
20 Mar 2025Flat 23, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£273,288
20 Mar 2025Flat 19, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£284,145
20 Mar 2025Flat 3, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAnon-standardFlat—£273,288
6 Mar 202574 · WC1B 4ARnon-standardOther—£189,922
20 Jan 2025Flat 6, Ormonde Mansions, 100a · WC1B 4BJnon-standardOther—£1,250,000
19 Aug 2024Flat 6, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£1,100,000
12 Aug 2024Flat 23, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£1,245,000
8 Jan 2024Flat 7, Russell Mansions, 144 · WC1B 5AJFlat—£715,000
18 Aug 2023Flat 17, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£1,055,000
18 Aug 2023Flat 14, Ormonde Mansions, 106a · WC1B 4BPFlat—£1,125,000
3 May 2023Flat 19, Cranfield House, 97 - 107 · WC1B 4HHFlat—£790,000
9 Feb 2023Flat 19, Russell Square Mansions, 122 · WC1B 5AEFlat—£610,000
6 Jan 2023Flat 17, Russell Square Mansions, 122 · WC1B 5AEFlat—£800,000
4 May 2022Flat 21, Russell Mansions, 144 · WC1B 5AJFlat—£840,000
22 Apr 2022Victoria House · WC1B 4JBnon-standardOther—£429,000,000
8 Dec 2021Flat 9, Hamilton House, 81 · WC1B 4HAFlat—£429,500
28 Sept 2021Flat 6, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£650,000
27 Aug 2021Flat 4, Cranfield House, 97 - 107 · WC1B 4HHFlat—£820,000
30 Jul 2021Flat 11, Russell Square Mansions, 122 · WC1B 5AEFlat—£830,000
23 Apr 2021Flat 32, Cranfield House, 97 - 107 · WC1B 4HHFlat—£1,575,000
26 Nov 2020Flat 17, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£830,000
15 Sept 2020Flat 5, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£1,250,000
2 Apr 2020Flat 16, Ormonde Mansions, 106a · WC1B 4BPFlat—£1,260,000
27 Mar 2020Flat 22, Russell Mansions, 144 · WC1B 5AJFlat—£780,000
17 Feb 20208 - 10 · WC1B 4AEnon-standardOther—£9,300,000
10 Jan 2020Retail Unit 5, 1 · WC1B 5HAnon-standardOther—£30,000
21 Oct 2019Flat 7, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£814,000
24 Jun 2019Flat 5, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£853,000
7 May 2019Basement Flat, 144 · WC1B 5AJnon-standardFlat—£340,000
8 Apr 2019Flat 12a, Russell Square Mansions · WC1B 5AEFlat—£580,500
4 Apr 2019Barclays Bank, 58 · WC1B 4NBnon-standardOther—£130,300,000
29 Mar 2019Barclays Bank, 58 · WC1B 4NBnon-standardOther—£48,831,000
15 Mar 2019Grange Holborn Hotel, 50 - 60 · WC1B 4ARnon-standardOther—£94,979,440
15 Feb 2019Retail Unit 2, 1 · WC1B 5HAnon-standardOther—£100,000
21 Jan 2019Flat 21, Bristol House · WC1B 4BAFlat—£605,000
18 Dec 2018Basement Flat, 144 · WC1B 5AJnon-standardFlat—£270,000

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.