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The Recess, SO50

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

Median sold price
£215,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£2,757
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
7
Distinct homes
4
Price range
£166,500£345,000
Sales recorded
2008 → 2022
first to latest sale
The street in brief

The Recess is almost entirely semi-detached houses. Homes here typically change hands around £215,000 — roughly 30% below the SO50 norm. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; SO50 prices as a whole have been rising. HM Land Registry records 7 sales across 4 homes since 2008.

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The Recess prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 7 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianSO50 district trend
£150k£200k£250k£300k£350k£400k20082010201220142016201820202022202420262008: £173,750 median · 2 sales2010: £190,000 median · 1 sale2011: £215,000 median · 1 sale2018: £270,000 median · 1 sale2019: £267,000 median · 1 sale2022: £345,000 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the SO50 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How The Recess compares

The Recess against the SO50 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Chiltern Crescent£383k · 60
Highwood Avenue£350k · 91
Fair Oak Road£300k · 127
Church Road£280k · 61
Desborough Road£270k · 91
High Street£250k · 71
Twyford Road£231k · 57
The Recess£215k · 7*
Southampton Road£160k · 87
Sopwith Road£137k · 72

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
£215,000
median · all recorded sales
SO50 district
£305,000
median · last 8 years · street -30%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

The Recess's £215,000 median sits about 30% below SO50's £305,000.

Street and SO50 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 The Recess

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
15 Jul 20221 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£345,000
28 Jun 20191 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£267,000
29 Mar 20186 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£270,000
13 Jun 20116 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£215,000
8 Sept 20105 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£190,000
30 Apr 20082 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£166,500
25 Jan 20086 · SO50 4GFSemi-detached£181,000
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More streets in SO50

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider SO50 area guide.

Fair Oak RoadHigh StreetDesborough RoadSouthampton RoadChamberlayne RoadCranbury RoadLeigh RoadArchers RoadMarket StreetStoke HeightsTwyford RoadChurch Road
SO50 house prices & area guide →

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.