# 4 bedroom detached house for sale (NE61 2GF) ## Property Details | Key | Value | |-----|-------| | Address | 22 PALMERSTON AVENUE, MORPETH, ST. GEORGES WOOD, NORTHUMBERLAND NE61 2GF | | Price | £299,000 | | Bedrooms | 4 | | Bathrooms | 2 | | Council tax | TBC | | Last sold | £340,000 Dec 2025 | ## Description FOR SALE VIA ONLINE AUCTION: terms and conditions apply. This modern four bedroom detached family home is located in the ever popular St Georges Wood development on Palmerston Avenue, Morpeth. Enjoying a prime location within easy walking distance of Morpeth’s bustling historic town centre and the highly regarded King Edward VI School. The property offers a combination of convenience and family-friendly living. On entering the property, you are welcomed by a spacious hallway with stairs to the first floor and a downstairs W.C. Leading from the hallway is the heart of the home an open-plan kitchen and dining space that is flooded with natural light thanks to a large bay window. This generous space is ideal for family life and entertaining, comfortably accommodating a family dining table. The kitchen has been thoughtfully designed with a modern range of wall and base units offering an abundance of storage, ample work surfaces incorporating a breakfast bar and a sink unit with a mixer tap. Integral appliances include a double oven and grill unit, four burner gas hob with splash screen and extractor hood above, dishwasher, fridge and freezer. To the rear the bright lounge has double glazed patio doors leading to the rear garden allowing natural light to flood into the room. Upstairs, there are four well-proportioned bedrooms. There are two spacious doubles and two singles. The master bedroom benefits from fitted wardrobes and its own en suite shower room, bedroom two also has fitted wardrobes for convenient storage. The family bathroom offers a three piece suite with a panel bath, fitted screen and a main fed shower unit, pedestal wash basin and a low level WC, part tiled walls and a heated towel rail. Externally, the property features a small lawned area to the front and a tarmac driveway offering off-road parking for several vehicles leading to a single garage. The south facing rear garden has a patio area and is mostly laid to lawn with fenced boundaries, gated side access and a door to the rear of the garage. Well suited to a range of potential purchasers, this charming home offers easy access to the historic market town of Morpeth where a range of traditional shopping and national retailers can be found, excellent schooling for all ages is available locally. Morpeth also offers many bars/restaurants and leisure facilities, transport needs are catered for by local buses and the A1 trunk road gives vehicle access to the region north and south and beyond, Morpeth also has a mainline rail station on the East Coast Line to London. For commuters Newcastle City Centre and Newcastle International airport are both approx.18 miles away. We would have no hesitation in recommending an internal viewing to fully appreciate the accommodation on offer. ## Property Photos - ![Picture No. 38](/listings/photos/164174090/263872) - Picture No. 38 - ![Picture No. 19](/listings/photos/164174090/263873) - Picture No. 19 - ![Picture No. 29](/listings/photos/164174090/263874) - Picture No. 29 - ![Picture No. 30](/listings/photos/164174090/263875) - Picture No. 30 - ![Picture No. 34](/listings/photos/164174090/263876) - Picture No. 34 - ![Picture No. 17](/listings/photos/164174090/263877) - Picture No. 17 - ![Picture No. 18](/listings/photos/164174090/263878) - Picture No. 18 - ![Picture No. 21](/listings/photos/164174090/263879) - Picture No. 21 - ![Picture No. 22](/listings/photos/164174090/263880) - Picture No. 22 - ![Picture No. 20](/listings/photos/164174090/263881) - Picture No. 20 - ![Picture No. 16](/listings/photos/164174090/263882) - Picture No. 16 - ![Picture No. 26](/listings/photos/164174090/263883) - Picture No. 26 - ![Picture No. 31](/listings/photos/164174090/263884) - Picture No. 31 - ![Picture No. 05](/listings/photos/164174090/263885) - Picture No. 05 - ![Picture No. 06](/listings/photos/164174090/263886) - Picture No. 06 - ![Picture No. 07](/listings/photos/164174090/263887) - Picture No. 07 - ![Picture No. 04](/listings/photos/164174090/263888) - Picture No. 04 - ![Picture No. 08](/listings/photos/164174090/263889) - Picture No. 08 - ![Picture No. 03](/listings/photos/164174090/263890) - Picture No. 03 - ![Picture No. 14](/listings/photos/164174090/263891) - Picture No. 14 - ![Picture No. 32](/listings/photos/164174090/263892) - Picture No. 32 - ![Picture No. 33](/listings/photos/164174090/263893) - Picture No. 33 - ![Picture No. 35](/listings/photos/164174090/263894) - Picture No. 35 ## Floorplans - ![Floorplan](/listings/photos/164174090/263895) - Floorplan ## EPC Graphs - ![EPC Rating Graph](/listings/photos/164174090/263896) - EPC Rating Graph ## Sales History *Recorded sales for this property. Data from Land Registry Price Paid.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | 22 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £340,000 | 12/12/2025 | Semi-detached | | 22 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £332,995 | 30/09/2016 | Semi-detached | ## Sold Comparables *Same street and nearby sales within 0.25 miles. Data from Land Registry Price Paid. Last 5 years.* | Address | Price | Date | Type | |---------|-------|------|------| | [Same street] 9 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £300,000 | 14/11/2025 | Detached | | [Same street] 6 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £365,000 | 07/11/2025 | Detached | | 6 THORP AVENUE, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 1JT | £1,311,200 | 14/08/2025 | Detached | | 1 RASTRICK WAY, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GR | £425,000 | 18/11/2024 | Detached | | 1 RASTRICK WAY, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GR | £425,000 | 18/11/2024 | Detached | | [Same street] 31 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £289,995 | 21/12/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 42 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £289,995 | 21/12/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 40 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £289,995 | 25/10/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 25 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £334,995 | 31/03/2023 | Detached | | 11 WILDFELL CLOSE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2FU | £490,000 | 30/03/2023 | Detached | | [Same street] 36 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £389,995 | 21/12/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 34 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £304,995 | 19/12/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 38 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £334,995 | 16/12/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 32 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £289,995 | 15/12/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 16 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £330,000 | 13/09/2022 | Semi-detached | | 1 RASTRICK WAY, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GR | £395,000 | 31/08/2022 | Detached | | 20 THORP AVENUE, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 1JS | £650,000 | 26/08/2022 | Detached | | HIGHBURY HOUSE, 5 UPPER FENWICK GROVE, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 1JL | £575,000 | 08/08/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 15 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £389,950 | 27/07/2022 | Detached | | [Same street] 24 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £350,000 | 11/07/2022 | Detached | | 28 THORP AVENUE, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 1JR | £500,500 | 23/05/2022 | Detached | | 10 COPPERFIELD DRIVE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GH | £495,000 | 30/11/2021 | Detached | | [Same street] 2 PALMERSTON AVENUE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2GF | £375,000 | 30/09/2021 | Detached | | 1 WILDFELL CLOSE, ST. GEORGES WOOD, MORPETH, NORTHUMBERLAND, NE61 2FU | £388,250 | 30/06/2021 | Detached | **Street average:** £331,065 (14 sales) **Area average:** £565,495 (10 sales) ## Price vs local average *Outcode + property type (HousePrices, last 2 years).* - **Local average:** £468,767 (48 Detached, NE61, 2024–2026) - **Deviation:** -36.2% ## Rental Range *ONS Price Index of Private Rents (Northumberland). Low / Realistic / Optimistic = conservative / average / best case.* - **Low:** £604/mo - **Realistic:** £671/mo - **Optimistic:** £738/mo ## LHA (Local Housing Allowance) *VOA 30th percentile rent floor for Northumberland (Apr 2025 – Mar 2026).* - **LHA floor (this property size):** £758/mo ## 1% Rule - **Rent ratio:** 0.22% (weak for cashflow) - **Max investor price (0.8%):** £83,875 - **Target investor price (1%):** £67,100 *Monthly rent ÷ price. 1%+ = strong, 0.8–1% = okay, <0.8% = weak. Max investor price = rent ÷ 0.8% (Stoke-style target). Target investor price = rent ÷ 1% (strong cashflow band). Based on Area rent estimate.* ## Capital growth trend *Land Registry outcode average from sold prices: last 12 months vs 5y and 10y ago.* - **5y growth:** -3% - **10y growth:** 35.5% ## House Price Index (HM Land Registry) *Official index for Northumberland; Detached series; as of March 2026.* - **1y growth (index):** 1.8% - **5y growth (index):** 22.3% - **10y growth (index):** 41.8% ## Flood risk - **Zone:** 1 - **Risk:** Low - **Source:** Job (default Low) [Check long-term flood risk (GOV.UK)](https://check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/postcode)