Barleythorpe: why is it Rutland's busiest village for sales?
172 sales in three years, more terraced and semi-detached homes than detached, and few listed buildings.
Barleythorpe registered 172 home sales in three years, more than any Rutland village. Moving? open for offer lets you test the market before you list. Only the two towns, Oakham and Uppingham, had more, in sales completed to August 2026.
Last reviewed 3 November 2026.
Barleythorpe at a glance
- Median sale price: £267,500, from 172 sales completed between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2026 (HM Land Registry).
- Listed building entries in the parish: 7, all grade II.
- Conservation area: none recorded on the Planning Data Platform.
- Council: Rutland County Council.
The full list of recorded sales is on our Barleythorpe homes page. Here we look at what kind of place those sales describe.
Why does Barleythorpe have so many sales?
Only Oakham and Uppingham registered more. Among villages, the next busiest was Ketton, with 98, then Ryhall with 64.
The register records what sold, not why. What it shows is a parish where terraced and semi-detached houses on a few streets change hands often.
| Type | Sales |
|---|---|
| Terraced | 55 |
| Semi-detached | 49 |
| Detached | 45 |
| Flat or maisonette | 23 |
| All homes | 172 |
That is unusual for Rutland, where half of all sales are detached. In Barleythorpe, terraced homes were the commonest single type.
Is Barleythorpe a cheaper way into Rutland?
On this register, often yes. 68 of the 172 sales were under £250,000, about two in five. Only six reached £500,000 or more.
Across Rutland as a whole, the median sale over the same three years was £345,000. Barleythorpe's median of £267,500 sits well below it, largely because of the mix of homes.
Compare like with like before reading too much into that gap. A three-bedroom semi here and one in a village centre are different homes.
Which Barleythorpe streets are busiest?
Stud Road had 32 sales, Holbrook Way 16 and Maresfield Road 10. Kempton Drive followed with eight.
With that many sales on one street, a buyer or owner can compare similar homes sold within months of each other. That is rare in a Rutland village.
How does Barleythorpe sit within LE15 7?
Barleythorpe shares the LE15 7 postcode sector with Langham, Cottesmore, Whissendine, Greetham and several smaller villages. The sector had 414 standard sales in the three years.
Barleythorpe alone accounted for 172 of them, about two in five. No other village in the sector came close: Cottesmore was next, with 47.
What is the history here?
Barleythorpe has seven list entries on the National Heritage List, all grade II. The Planning Data Platform records no conservation area for the parish.
Your conveyancer's searches will confirm what applies to a particular home, including any planning history.
Which schools serve Barleythorpe?
The Department for Education's register lists no open school with a Barleythorpe address. The nearest entries are in Oakham, including Catmose Primary and Oakham CofE Primary School for ages 4 to 11.
For ages 11 to 16, Catmose College in Oakham is the state secondary on the register. Admission depends on each school's rules, so check with Rutland County Council.
What should a buyer check in Barleythorpe?
- For a flat or newer house, whether it is leasehold, and the length of the lease.
- Recent sales on the same street: Stud Road and Holbrook Way have many.
- School places in Oakham, since the register lists none in the parish.
What is the stamp duty on a Barleythorpe home?
At Barleythorpe's median sale price of £267,500, a home mover would pay £3,375 in stamp duty.
That is nothing on the first £125,000, £2,500 on the next £125,000 and £875 on the last £17,500. A first-time buyer would pay nothing, as the price is under £300,000.
That is our arithmetic on HMRC rates checked 3 November 2026, in force from 1 April 2025. Tax depends on your circumstances. HMRC's guidance is linked below; an accountant or tax adviser can apply it to you.
Own a home in Barleythorpe?
With so many similar sales, your street's record is a good starting point. open for offer is the pre-market, the market that exists before a property is ever advertised.
A market estimate gives you a range for your own home, with how we worked it out.
Buying? On any home's page you can register interest, advertised or not. It is not an offer, and we don't contact the owner for you.
Sale figures: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard residential sales in localities recorded as Barleythorpe completed between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2026, read on 3 November 2026.
Late registrations can still add sales to recent months, so the newest counts may rise.
Sources and corrections
Sources, checked 3 November 2026: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; listed buildings and conservation areas on the Planning Data Platform; Get Information about Schools.
Rutland totals: the same data for all Rutland localities, see our Rutland page.
Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Listed building entries: Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Conservation areas: local authority data. Both via the MHCLG Planning Data Platform, Open Government Licence v3.0.
© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Schools: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, open establishments, downloaded 3 November 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Corrections: none so far. If we find an error, we will correct it here, with the date and the figure we changed.
Common questions
How many homes sold in Barleythorpe?
172 standard sales completed between 1 September 2023 and 31 August 2026, the most of any Rutland village, in HM Land Registry data read on 3 November 2026.
Is Barleythorpe in a conservation area?
The Planning Data Platform records no conservation area for Barleythorpe parish, as read on 3 November 2026. It has seven listed building entries, all grade II.