23 Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
About 23 Gowlett Road
23 Gowlett Road is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Southwark, London, London (SE15 4HX). It has a recorded floor area of 169 m² (around 1819 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (March 2017) shows a C (score 69), just inside the C band. When first surveyed in November 2012 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Very Poor to Poor; while roof efficiency dropped from Very Good to Good and window efficiency dropped from Good to Average. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 169 m² the property is well over the postcode median (60 m² across 31 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. Its energy rating outperforms most of the postcode (better than 87% of similar EPCs). 5 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. Sold August 2021 for £1,585,000. Across the public record there are 4 sales, relatively high churn for a single property. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2008–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 8.9% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£871/sq ft) was about 137.8% above the typical sold price in the postcode.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms5
- Bathrooms3
- Utility roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenrear
Building
- Period featuresYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Property Improvements
Changes detected from historical EPC data
Hot water system changed
Wall insulation improved
Planning history
Planning history includes both a loft conversion and an extension — the classic family-home expansion.
- Mar 2018ExtensionOutlineIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for the construction of a single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
- Agent
- Hal Architects
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 17/AP/4784
- Feb 2015Loft ConversionOutlineIn report
Loft conversion comprising erection of rear dormer extension to main roof slope and installation of 3x rooflights to front roof slope.
- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 14/AP/4789
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Sale price has grown by over 3x since 2008.
£1,661,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 8.9% per year over 13 years.
£1,585,000
Growth on file: 8.9% per year over 13 years.
Sales timeline
1 August 2021Most recent
£1,585,000
+25.8%over 4 years9 May 2017
£1,260,000
+36.2%over 3 years12 September 2013
£925,000
+79.6%over 5 years29 May 2008
£515,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SE15 4HX: £635,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in SE15 4HX
19a, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Apr 2025
£472,50021b, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Oct 2024
£635,00021a, Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Sept 2024
£515,00025 Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Oct 2022
£1,645,00035 Gowlett Road, Southwark, London, SE15 4HX
Sold Sept 2022
£740,000
Everything we know about 23 Gowlett Road, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby

Versus other Gowlett Road homes
EPC Rating for 23 Gowlett Road runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£9,379
Street avg £6,893
Floor Area
169 m²
Street avg 142 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.0 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
11/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Oakhurst Grove — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
St John's and St Clement's Church of England Primary School. 74 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
54.5dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
44.4dB