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4 sales on record
About Ben Jonson House
A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.
Ben Jonson House is a one-bedroom mid-terrace house in City Of London, London, London (EC2Y 8NH). It has a recorded floor area of 36 m² (around 392 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1950-1966 and council tax band D. At 36 m² this is the 15th smallest of 36 units on EPC record in Ben Jonson House, where floor areas span 29–118 m². The building's EPC ratings span G to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (April 2009) shows a C (score 72). Main heating runs on electricity. The latest certificate is from April 2009, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
Sale prices here have outpaced London HPI: 7.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,289/sq ft) was about 184.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode. At 36 m² it sits well below the postcode median (90 m² across 35 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 86% of similar EPCs). Most recent transfer: June 2021 at £505,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
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Inside
- Bedrooms1
Energy performance
Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.
Ben Jonson House's EPC is over a decade old — improvements since won't be reflected.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 26 Apr 2019
Sales history & valuation
Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.
Ben Jonson House has more than quadrupled in price since its earliest registered sale in 1995.
Current estimate
See how we calculated this£499,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 7.6% per year over 26 years.
Last sold (2021)
£505,000
Growth on file: 7.6% per year over 26 years.
Sales timeline
Versus other Barbican homes
Four headline reads against 35 similar flats on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.
On epc rating, Ben Jonson House stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£13,877
Street avg £7,849
Floor Area
36 m²
Street avg 66 m²
Habitable Rooms
2 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
Similar properties nearby
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The neighbourhood at a glance
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Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
8/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Beech Street — bus stop.
Road noise across the postcode
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Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
59.5dB
Everything within walking distance
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