Lewes
BN7 house prices in Lewes
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Lewes, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£469,000
Range £227,950–£980,000 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BN7: the typical (median) sold price is £469,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BN7 is an active market, with about 25 recorded sales a month. By property type, 38% were terraced homes (typically £472,500) and 25% were semi-detached homes (typically £500,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,756 a year: Lewes's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Lewes, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on BN7: steady sales, so price from the evidence
At around 25 sales a month, BN7 ticks along steadily, which is enough to price from, though not enough history for us to call a clear twelve-month direction.
If you are selling, most BN7 sales sit between £227,950 and £980,000, which makes £469,000 a blunt instrument, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are buying, on price, BN7 is well above the UK average, so a price above the norm for the area should be earned by the home itself, not assumed.
Before an offer goes in on any BN7 home, look at what has been applied for nearby (1,490 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,756 a year), and leave the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free BN7 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
BN7 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£469,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
24.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,756
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in BN7
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BN7 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £967,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £234,875.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 38 | £967,500 | £475,500–£1,228,750 |
| Semi-detached | 59 | £500,000 | £379,556–£932,400 |
| Terraced | 92 | £472,500 | £330,500–£822,125 |
| Flat / maisonette | 50 | £234,875 | £159,500–£377,500 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BN7
The quarterly typical price rose 6.1%, from £452,500 in Q4 2025 (76 sales) to £480,000 in Q3 2026 (29 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2025 | £452,500 | 76 |
| Q1 2026 | £450,000 | 85 |
| Q2 2026 | £480,000 | 60 |
| Q3 2026 | £480,000 | 29 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 14 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BN7 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BN7 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £227,950 and £980,000, around a typical £469,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BN7
Terraced homes were 38% of recorded sales (92 of 239). 79% of sales were freehold and 21% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached16%
- Semi-detached25%
- Terraced38%
- Flat / maisonette21%
Tenure
- Freehold79%
- Leasehold21%
See the figures
197 freehold (79%) and 53 leasehold (21%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BN7, including 3 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 10 Oct 2025 and 14 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
12, COCKSHUT ROAD, LEWES
£575,000 (2025)£725,000 (2026)+26.1% over 0.7 yrs (+37.8%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where BN7 sits in Lewes
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BN7
FLINT COTTAGE, BARN CLOSE, LEWES
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£390,000
37, HOUNDEAN RISE, LEWES
Detached · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£965,000
LEWES MANSIONS, 3A, FISHER STREET, LEWES
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 10 Aug 2026
£275,000
61, WARREN DRIVE, LEWES
Terraced · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£310,000
9, THE LYNCHETS, LEWES
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£690,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BN7 includes the Chailey, Barcombe & Hamsey ward.
In plain English
What the Lewes (BN7) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £967,500 against £234,875 for flats: about 4.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £227,950 and £980,000, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 25 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 10 October 2025 and 14 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on BN7
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in BN7
£2,756
Band D a year in Lewes, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,837 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,144 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,450 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,756 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,369 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,981 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,594 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,512 |
These are Lewes's charges for 2026-27, the authority BN7 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Lewes · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BN7
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School.
All schools
Wallands Community Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN7 1PU
251 m
Good · 2022
Lewes Old Grammar School
Independent schools · BN7 1XS
717 m
Not graded
Southover CofE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN7 1JP
999 m
Good · 2013
Western Road Community Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN7 1JB
1.0 km
Good · 2012
South Malling CofE Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN7 2HS
1.4 km
Good · 2011
Priory School
Middle deemed secondary · Local authority maintained schools · BN7 2XN
1.6 km
Good · 2015
Compass Community School Pinetree Park
Special schools · BN7 3NF
2.4 km
Not graded
Iford and Kingston Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BN7 3NR
2.5 km
Good · 2019
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the BN7 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 6 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BN7
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around BN7
1,490
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
SouthDowns/SDNP/26/02594/LDPUndecided
301 m
Installation of no11 solar PV panels to roof
Received 2026-07-02
SouthDowns/SDNP/26/02586/HOUSUndecided
361 m
Single storey side and rear extensions with internal and fenestration alterations
Received 2026-07-02
SouthDowns/SDNP/26/02539/DCONDPermitted
226 m
Discharge of Condition 4 (Flint Panel Details) of Planning Approval SDNP/25/03593/HOUS.
Received 2026-06-23 · decided 2026-07-07
SouthDowns/SDNP/26/02458/HOUSUndecided
458 m
Erection of a two storey extension with associated alterations.
Received 2026-06-23
SouthDowns/SDNP/26/02373/HOUSUndecided
400 m
Erection of single storey rear extension
Received 2026-06-17
SouthDowns/SDNP/26/02272/HOUSUndecided
486 m
Alterations to existing loft conversion including repositioning of staircase, the installation of a dormer to side roof slope and widening of rear dormer
Received 2026-06-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BN7 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for BN7 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1490 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BN7
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled BN7 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 6 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BN7 3PH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so BN7 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BN7: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in BN7, band by band
Lewes's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BN7 median sold price of £469,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearLewes | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £469,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,837 | £153 | 0.39% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,144 | £179 | 0.46% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,450 | £204 | 0.52% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,756 | £230 | 0.59% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,369 | £281 | 0.72% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,981 | £332 | 0.85% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,594 | £383 | 0.98% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,512 | £459 | 1.18% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BN7 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Lewes, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in BN7 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 233 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BN7. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
FLINT COTTAGE, BARN CLOSE, LEWES
BN7 3PH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-08-14
37, HOUNDEAN RISE, LEWES
BN7 1EQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£965,000
2026-08-14
LEWES MANSIONS, 3A, FISHER STREET, LEWES
BN7 2DG · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-08-10
61, WARREN DRIVE, LEWES
BN7 1HD · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-07
9, THE LYNCHETS, LEWES
BN7 2BL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£690,000
2026-08-07
GREYFRIARS COURT, COURT ROAD, LEWES
BN7 2RF · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 4 recorded sales
£228,000
2026-08-07
5, COURT ROAD, LEWES
BN7 2SA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-08-07
4, EASTGATE WHARF, LEWES
BN7 2LD · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£290,000
2026-08-07
21, DALE ROAD, LEWES
BN7 1LH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-08-07
44, MORRIS ROAD, LEWES
BN7 2AT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£560,000
2026-08-07
8, CLARE ROAD, LEWES
BN7 1PN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£740,000
2026-08-03
MARLBOROUGH PLACE, STATION STREET, LEWES
BN7 2DB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£155,000
2026-07-31
COXES COTTAGES, STATION ROAD, LEWES
BN7 3BZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£430,000
2026-07-28
4, THOMAS STREET, LEWES
BN7 2AZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-28
INHOLMES COTTAGES, STATION ROAD, LEWES
BN7 3BY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-27
19, MORRIS ROAD, LEWES
BN7 2AT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£602,500
2026-07-24
10, LEWES
BN7 3QA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-07-24
7, BRAMLEYS, LEWES
BN7 3LF · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£750,000
2026-07-24
10, BARONS WALK, LEWES
BN7 1EX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-07-17
49, SOUTH WAY, LEWES
BN7 1LY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£665,000
2026-07-17
56, RUSSELL ROW, LEWES
BN7 2ER · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£423,000
2026-07-16
6, SEGRAVE CLOSE, LEWES
BN7 1DA · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£560,000
2026-07-16
12, COCKSHUT ROAD, LEWES
BN7 1JH · Terraced · Freehold · 2 recorded sales
£725,000
2026-07-15
25, GUNDREDA ROAD, LEWES
BN7 1PT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,200,000
2026-07-15
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near BN7
The closest districts to BN7 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in BN8 (Lewes) 3.6 miles
- House prices in BN10 (Peacehaven) 5.6 miles
- House prices in BN2 (Brighton) 5.7 miles
- House prices in BN9 (Newhaven) 6.1 miles
- House prices in BN1 (Brighton) 6.5 miles
- House prices in BN6 (Hassocks) 7.7 miles
- House prices in RH15 (Burgess Hill) 7.9 miles
- House prices in BN3 (Hove) 8.2 miles
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Data sources
Every BN7 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.