That is the middle of 534 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.3 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
534 homes sold in three years: 132 detached houses, 113 semi-detached houses, 207 terraced houses and 82 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.4 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£518K
median sale · 132 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£400K–£750K
Last 12 months
£550K37 sold
Semi-detached houses£310K
median sale · 113 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£260K–£390K
Last 12 months
£310K33 sold
Terraced houses£265K
median sale · 207 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£220K–£350K
Last 12 months
£275K64 sold
Flats and maisonettes£151K
median sale · 82 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£125K–£225K
Last 12 months
£151K17 sold
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 39% of sales
Detached houses25%
Semi-detached houses21%
Terraced houses39%
Flats and maisonettes15%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Sherborne’s homes sold for between £225K and £445K
One sale in ten was under £160K and one in ten over £665K. 34% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £308,750, sits in the £300–400K band
534 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.3 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £60,000 in 1995 to £320,000 in the last 12 months (£280,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
151 sales in the last 12 months, against 270 in 1999, the busiest year, and 142 in 2011. Sales fell by 25% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, though the median held. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 54% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Sherborne costs about what England does
Median sale price each calendar year: Sherborne, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£72K
£151K
£325K
£335K
£368K
£435K
£550K
Semi-detached houses
£59K
£100K
£195K
£175K
£225K
£284K
£310K
Terraced houses
£50K
£85K
£175K
£199K
£225K
£232K
£275K
Flats and maisonettes
£46K
£57K
£142K
£118K
£170K
£178K
£151K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
New builds have slowed: 0% of sales in the last 12 months, after 30% in 2019
778 new homes have been sold in Sherborne since 1995; the share peaked at 30% in 2019.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
17% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 2.2% sold leasehold in Sherborne. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Lenthay Road is Sherborne’s busiest street, with 25 sales in three years
39 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 8 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Lenthay Road
DT9
25
£142,000
Mostly flats
2
Acreman Street
DT9
21
£140,000
Mixed
3
Long Street
DT9
19
£370,000
Mixed
4
Granville Way
DT9
18
£285,000
Mixed
5
Ridgeway
DT9
14
£300,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
6
Clanfield
DT9
14
£233,750
Mostly semi-detached houses
7
Marston Road
DT9
11
£625,000
Mostly detached houses
8
Amors Drove
DT9
10
£269,250
Mostly terraced houses
9
Twelve Acres
DT9
9
£327,000
Mixed
10
Kearvell Place
DT9
9
£225,000
Mostly terraced houses
11
Oborne Road
DT9
9
£225,000
Mostly flats
12
Coldharbour
DT9
9
£192,000
Mixed
13
Bristol Road
DT9
8
£397,500
Mostly terraced houses
14
Parsons Yard
DT9
8
£378,950
Mostly terraced houses
15
St Marys Road
DT9
8
£323,750
Mostly detached houses
Dearest streets
Bradford Road: £901,250
Sherborne median£309K
Bradford Road£901K
The Avenue£890K
Westbury£755K
Newland£748K
Marston Road£625K
Cheapest streets
Canon Woods Close: £90,000
Sherborne median£309K
Canon Woods Close£90K
Acreman Street£140K
Lenthay Road£142K
Littlefield£150K
Coldharbour£192K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 10 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Dorset
Sherborne is the 23rd most expensive of 32 towns in Dorset
Sherborne is in the middle of Dorset’s towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Sherborne
What is the average house price in Sherborne?
The median home in Sherborne sold for £308,750 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 534 standard sales (£320,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £517,500, semi-detached houses £310,000, terraced houses £265,000 and flats and maisonettes £150,500.
Are house prices going up in Sherborne?
The median was £325,000 in 2025, up 14% on 2024 (£285,000), and £320,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Sherborne each year?
151 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 199 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Sherborne?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Bradford Road (DT9, £901,250), The Avenue (DT9, £890,000) and Westbury (DT9, £755,000).
Is Sherborne expensive for Dorset?
Sherborne is the 23rd most expensive of 32 towns of 2,500 or more in Dorset by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.