My look at the top 20 least expensive streets in Streets and Gkastonbury continues with number 9..
9 – The Archers Way (Glastonbury)
Average price paid – £123,281. The Archers Way gets its name from the fact it leads to the butts area where local medieval bowmen once trained. The Archers Way is home to 74 properties including the library, Citizens Advice Bureau, Council Information Point (collectively known as the Glastonbury Library Hub), the Royal Mail Glastonbury Delivery Office, 3 shops and 13 flats. Fourteen of these properties were built eighty-three years ago in 1935. The beauty of living on The Archers Way is the close proximity to the epicentre of the town. The most expensive properties in The Archers Way have been 13 and 32 which each sold for £173,000 in 2007 and 2013 respectively. The least expensive recorded transaction in The Archers Way is Flat 8 St Georges Court, which sold on 14/07/1995 for £18,000. The most recent transaction to have been recorded in The Archers Way was 43, which sold on 26/06/2017 for £165,000.
8 – Springbok Close (Street)
Average price paid – £122,250. Springbok Close is just a stones throw from Crispin School and consists of 24 properties, 19 of which are flats in William Reynolds House. William Reynolds was an architect and a nephew of William S Clark and is best remembered for his design of the Bear Inn which was demolished in 1893 and rebuilt as a temperance hotel (and did not have a license to serve alcohol until the 1970’s). The least expensive recorded transaction in Springbok Close is Flat 3 William Reynolds House, which sold on 30/04/1996 for £22,500. The most recent and most expensive transaction was 1 Springbok Close which sold for £230,000 on 03/08/2017.
7 – Northload Street (Glastonbury)
Average price paid – £121,707. One of the oldest thoroughfares in Glastonbury, Northload Street first took its name in 1240. Just 1/3 of a mile long, Northload Street is home to 149 dwellings – a mix of flats and terraced houses. The most recent transaction on Northload Street was on 19/07/2017 for Flat 3, St John’s Place which sold for £90,000. The highest price paid for a property on Northload Street was £550,000 paid for 22 Northload Street in 2001 which was sold at a later date for £384,000. The earliest buildings date from the 18th century with many terraced houses added to Northload Street in 1891 and many recent developments or conversions in the last decade, the most recent being the building of Maia Terrace.
The series continues with number 6 in the next article.
About Tom Morgan
Founder of Jungle Property the multi award-winning letting agent based in Glastonbury, Somerset. I am passionate about property and Glastonbury and about providing the very best advice to anyone who wants the best return on a buy-to-let property investment. For an open and brutally honest opinion on anything in the Glastonbury property market please contact me via tom.morgan@jungleproperty.co.uk
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