Sold House Prices on Cowards Lane, Codicote, Hitchin
The typical sold price on Cowards Lane in Codicote, Hitchin (SG4) is £570,000 (median - half of the 17 recorded sales were below this)The middle price of the 17 standard sales recorded on this street since 1995: half sold for less, half for more. Less swayed by a single unusual sale than the mean, which matters on a street where a handful of sales is normal. With fewer than 3 recorded sales no median is stated - the actual prices are shown instead., recorded by HM Land Registry between Mar 1998 and Jul 2023. Sale prices here have ranged from £246,000 to £1,060,000. For comparison, the all-time average (mean) across every standard full-value sale is £574,232The arithmetic mean of every standard full-value sale on this street, all property types and all years since 1995 combined. Because it spans decades it typically sits below current values - see the year-by-year trend for the district below for the recent level. - a whole-history figure, not a current price level.
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Recorded sales on Cowards Lane
| No. | Type | Sold for | Date | Previous sale | Change | Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elda | Detached · freehold | £660,000 | 19 Jul 2023 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Highbury | Detached · freehold | £1,060,000 | 3 Apr 2023 | £675,000 · 2006 | ▲ 57% | |
| Green Ridge | Detached · freehold | £650,000 | 7 Sep 2022 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Chattsworth | Detached · freehold | £642,000 | 6 Jun 2022 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Westbury | Detached · freehold | £875,000 | 30 Jun 2020 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Penwith House | Detached · freehold | £500,000 | 31 Oct 2014 | £415,000 · 2009 | ▲ 20% | |
| Sebastians | Detached · freehold | £570,000 | 19 Dec 2013 | £560,000 · 2011 | ▲ 2% | |
| Westview | Detached · freehold | £390,000 | 18 Jun 2013 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Sebastians | Detached · freehold | £560,000 | 3 Jun 2011 | £485,000 · 2007 | ▲ 15% | |
| Taveta | Detached · freehold | £570,000 | 7 Jan 2011 | £284,000 · 2001 | ▲ 101% | |
| Field House | Detached · freehold | £680,000 | 7 Jul 2010 | £499,950 · 2002 | ▲ 36% | |
| Penwith House | Detached · freehold | £415,000 | 21 Oct 2009 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Sebastians | Detached · freehold | £485,000 | 31 Jan 2007 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Highbury | Detached · freehold | £675,000 | 12 Oct 2006 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Field House | Detached · freehold | £499,950 | 30 May 2002 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Taveta | Detached · freehold | £284,000 | 6 Mar 2001 | First standard sale on record | ||
| Marlin | Detached · freehold | £246,000 | 11 Mar 1998 | First standard sale on record |
What the same homes did
£675,000 2006 → £1,060,000
▲ 57% over 16 yrs · 2.8% a year
£415,000 2009 → £500,000
▲ 20% over 5 yrs · 3.8% a year
£560,000 2011 → £570,000
▲ 2% over 2.5 yrs · 0.7% a year
Living near Cowards Lane
- Nearest GP surgery Bridge Cottage Surgery 1.4 mi
- Nearest pharmacy Codicote Pharmacy 0.1 mi
- Nearest dentist Knebworth Dental Surgery 2.3 mi
Straight-line distances from the street's postcode area - check catchment and availability on nhs.uk.
Source: NHS England Organisation Data Service (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Other streets in SG4
Last updated 23 Apr 2026 (the date we last added a sale on this street). Our HM Land Registry data covers sales up to September 2026 and was last refreshed 8 Nov 2026 (Land Registry publishes with a 1-2 month lag).
How each figure on this page is calculated: How our sold-price figures work
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The full figures for Cowards Lane
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Every standard-market sale HM Land Registry has recorded on Cowards Lane, Codicote in the SG4 postcode district. Sales data to September 2026 (HM Land Registry), updated monthly. England and Wales coverage.
Standard sales only: auctions are counted, repossessions and company purchases are excluded from October 2013 onward. How we calculate these figures
Every standard full-value sale on Cowards Lane
Sales per year
| Address | Postcode | Type | Tenure | New build | Price | Date | Change since previous sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | No | £246,000 | 11 Mar 1998 | First standard sale on record |
| Taveta Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £284,000 | 6 Mar 2001 | First standard sale on record |
| Field House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | No | £499,950 | 30 May 2002 | First standard sale on record |
| Highbury Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | Yes | £675,000 | 12 Oct 2006 | First standard sale on record |
| Sebastians Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | No | £485,000 | 31 Jan 2007 | First standard sale on record |
| Penwith House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £415,000 | 21 Oct 2009 | First standard sale on record |
| Field House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | No | £680,000 | 7 Jul 2010 | +36% since 2002 |
| Taveta Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £570,000 | 7 Jan 2011 | +101% since 2001 |
| Sebastians Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | No | £560,000 | 3 Jun 2011 | +15% since 2007 |
| Westview Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £390,000 | 18 Jun 2013 | First standard sale on record |
| Sebastians Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | No | £570,000 | 19 Dec 2013 | +2% since 2011 |
| Penwith House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £500,000 | 31 Oct 2014 | +20% since 2009 |
| Westbury Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £875,000 | 30 Jun 2020 | First standard sale on record |
| Chattsworth Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £642,000 | 6 Jun 2022 | First standard sale on record |
| Green Ridge Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £650,000 | 7 Sep 2022 | First standard sale on record |
| Highbury Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £1,060,000 | 3 Apr 2023 | +57% since 2006 |
| Elda Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | No | £660,000 | 19 Jul 2023 | First standard sale on record |
| Year | Sales |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 |
| 2009 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
District context: the trend below covers the whole SG4 postcode district, not just Cowards Lane.
Median sold price
Sales per year
Year-on-year change in median price
Median sold price, indexed - 1995 = 100
Each point is the year's median divided by the 1995 figure (£75,500), so 200 means double the 1995 value in cash terms. Values are nominal. How we work this out
| Year | Median price | Average (mean) price | Sales | Lowest | Highest | Change on previous year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £75,500 | £96,047 | 433 | £20,000 | £800,000 | - |
| 1996 | £70,000 | £92,689 | 616 | £14,000 | £1,125,000 | -7.3% |
| 1997 | £79,000 | £98,145 | 791 | £22,000 | £595,000 | +12.9% |
| 1998 | £84,500 | £112,643 | 580 | £25,000 | £2,360,000 | +7.0% |
| 1999 | £90,260 | £115,880 | 659 | £18,920 | £1,100,000 | +6.8% |
| 2000 | £120,000 | £143,695 | 505 | £29,995 | £700,000 | +32.9% |
| 2001 | £137,500 | £170,114 | 660 | £19,760 | £1,160,000 | +14.6% |
| 2002 | £146,950 | £176,632 | 723 | £15,000 | £1,475,000 | +6.9% |
| 2003 | £181,000 | £214,862 | 627 | £36,000 | £1,500,000 | +23.2% |
| 2004 | £207,500 | £249,774 | 569 | £50,000 | £1,144,000 | +14.6% |
| 2005 | £198,000 | £242,560 | 607 | £65,000 | £2,088,000 | -4.6% |
| 2006 | £230,000 | £277,509 | 652 | £72,000 | £2,900,000 | +16.2% |
| 2007 | £230,000 | £274,723 | 665 | £54,500 | £2,250,000 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | £230,000 | £275,876 | 338 | £58,000 | £1,380,000 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | £217,500 | £249,294 | 431 | £50,000 | £1,775,000 | -5.4% |
| 2010 | £234,000 | £284,443 | 424 | £35,500 | £2,250,000 | +7.6% |
| 2011 | £241,500 | £283,591 | 420 | £60,000 | £1,227,000 | +3.2% |
| 2012 | £245,000 | £290,348 | 409 | £64,000 | £1,175,000 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | £250,000 | £302,339 | 514 | £56,000 | £1,800,000 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | £276,000 | £331,584 | 518 | £49,000 | £1,600,000 | +10.4% |
| 2015 | £330,000 | £378,397 | 538 | £43,500 | £2,370,000 | +19.6% |
| 2016 | £350,000 | £405,120 | 469 | £44,500 | £2,050,000 | +6.1% |
| 2017 | £375,000 | £445,492 | 481 | £52,500 | £2,000,000 | +7.1% |
| 2018 | £370,000 | £455,958 | 452 | £60,000 | £3,150,000 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | £375,000 | £428,226 | 405 | £57,500 | £1,900,000 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | £438,748 | £491,391 | 380 | £52,500 | £1,650,000 | +17.0% |
| 2021 | £440,000 | £487,111 | 552 | £63,750 | £1,895,000 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | £473,100 | £533,829 | 442 | £61,250 | £2,250,000 | +7.5% |
| 2023 | £453,500 | £506,973 | 390 | £66,250 | £2,575,000 | -4.1% |
| 2024 | £487,500 | £563,990 | 561 | £60,000 | £2,210,000 | +7.5% |
| 2025 | £490,000 | £564,779 | 536 | £52,500 | £2,495,000 | +0.5% |
| 2026 (to Sep - year to date) | £480,000 | £535,332 | 245 | £66,500 | £2,400,000 | - |
Property types in SG4
Each share is that property type's slice of all standard (HM Land Registry category-A) sales in SG4. The price beside it is the mean sale price for that type across all recorded years. The freehold/leasehold split and any new-build figure compare averages weighted by number of sales. Much of a "flat vs house" or leasehold gap is the property type itself, not a premium.79% freehold, 21% leasehold, across all recorded years. Comparing new-build and existing homes type by type (each type weighted by how many sales it has here), new builds sold for around 14% more, across all recorded years. New builds sell mostly in the years they were built, so part of that gap is when they sold, not only that they were new; the detail below compares within each type.
Tenure and new-build detail by type
| Type | Freehold | New-build vs existing |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | 99% | +1% for new build |
| Semi-detached | 100% | +25% for new build |
| Terraced | 96% | +21% for new build |
| Flat / Apartment | 2% | +16% for new build |
New-build vs existing compares mean prices within the same type, so it is partly mix-adjusted - but it is not a like-for-like index.
Who lives around Cowards LaneCensus 2021 figures for the small statistical area (LSOA) around this street - by ONS design an LSOA covers roughly 400 to 1,200 households, so this describes the immediate neighbourhood, not this street alone. Owner-occupied includes homes owned outright, with a mortgage, and shared ownership.
Age profile
695 households in the immediate area
9% of households have no car or van
Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 (Open Government Licence v3.0)
Typical rents in North Hertfordshire
Average monthly private rents for the local authority area, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents (September 2026 figures). These are council-area averages, not street-level figures - rents on any one street can differ. The yearly change compares the same month a year earlier.| Home size | Average rent |
|---|---|
| 1 bed | £1,031 pcm |
| 2 bed | £1,293 pcm |
| 3 bed | £1,588 pcm |
| 4+ bed | £2,252 pcm |
| All homes | £1,445 pcm |
Source: Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents (Open Government Licence v3.0)
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Recorded sales on Cowards Lane
Showing 1-17 of 17 sales, newest first.
| Address | Postcode | TypeThis table sorts by Price or Date, across the whole result set. Type and tenure are filters, not sort keys - use the filter bar above to narrow the list; it applies to every page of results. | TenureThis table sorts by Price or Date, across the whole result set. Type and tenure are filters, not sort keys - use the filter bar above to narrow the list; it applies to every page of results. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elda Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £660,000 First standard sale on record | 19 Jul 2023 |
| Highbury Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £1,060,000 +57% since 2006 | 3 Apr 2023 |
| Green Ridge Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £650,000 First standard sale on record | 7 Sep 2022 |
| Chattsworth Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £642,000 First standard sale on record | 6 Jun 2022 |
| Westbury Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £875,000 First standard sale on record | 30 Jun 2020 |
| Penwith House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £500,000 +20% since 2009 | 31 Oct 2014 |
| Sebastians Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | £570,000 +2% since 2011 | 19 Dec 2013 |
| Westview Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £390,000 First standard sale on record | 18 Jun 2013 |
| Sebastians Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | £560,000 +15% since 2007 | 3 Jun 2011 |
| Taveta Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £570,000 +101% since 2001 | 7 Jan 2011 |
| Field House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | £680,000 +36% since 2002 | 7 Jul 2010 |
| Penwith House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £415,000 First standard sale on record | 21 Oct 2009 |
| Sebastians Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | £485,000 First standard sale on record | 31 Jan 2007 |
| Highbury Cowards Lane New build | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £675,000 First standard sale on record | 12 Oct 2006 |
| Field House Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | £499,950 First standard sale on record | 30 May 2002 |
| Taveta Cowards Lane | SG4 8UN | Detached | Freehold | £284,000 First standard sale on record | 6 Mar 2001 |
| Marlin Cowards Lane | SG4 8UW | Detached | Freehold | £246,000 First standard sale on record | 11 Mar 1998 |
Homes that sold more than once on Cowards LaneEvery address on Cowards Lane with two or more recorded standard (HM Land Registry category-A) sales, matched on the exact address so a sale can never be attributed to a neighbouring home. "Change" is the difference between consecutive sales of the same home. "Annualised" is the constant yearly rate that would grow the earlier price into the later one over the time between them (compound), and is only shown when the sales are at least two years apart (closer pairs show how long apart they were). These are historical facts about past sales - they are not an estimate of what any home is worth today.
A home selling twice is the cleanest price comparison the Land Registry data offers - the same bricks, years apart. 5 addresses here have sold more than once.
| Address | Sold | Price | Change | Annualised |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highbury Cowards LaneSG4 8UN | 12 Oct 2006 New build | £675,000 | first recorded sale | |
| 3 Apr 2023 | £1,060,000 | +£385,000 (+57.0%) | +2.8%/yrover 16.5 yrs | |
| Penwith House Cowards LaneSG4 8UN | 21 Oct 2009 | £415,000 | first recorded sale | |
| 31 Oct 2014 | £500,000 | +£85,000 (+20.5%) | +3.8%/yrover 5.0 yrs | |
| Sebastians Cowards LaneSG4 8UW | 31 Jan 2007 | £485,000 | first recorded sale | |
| 3 Jun 2011 | £560,000 | +£75,000 (+15.5%) | +3.4%/yrover 4.3 yrs | |
| 19 Dec 2013 | £570,000 | +£10,000 (+1.8%) | +0.7%/yrover 2.5 yrs | |
| Taveta Cowards LaneSG4 8UN | 6 Mar 2001 | £284,000 | first recorded sale | |
| 7 Jan 2011 | £570,000 | +£286,000 (+100.7%) | +7.3%/yrover 9.8 yrs | |
| Field House Cowards LaneSG4 8UW | 30 May 2002 | £499,950 | first recorded sale | |
| 7 Jul 2010 | £680,000 | +£180,050 (+36.0%) | +3.9%/yrover 8.1 yrs | |
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England and Wales only. Sale prices are as recorded by Land Registry and may exclude some private/below-threshold transactions.
Locality grouping uses the ONS Postcode Directory: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.
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