Surveyors · Wembury, Devon
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A Level 2 Home Survey covers the typical Wembury purchase. The exception is the older, listed or much-extended house, where a Level 3 is the better buy.
In 2025, 31 homes sold in Wembury at a median price of £378,000, down 16% on 2024's £450,000.
| Type | Median |
|---|---|
| detached | £485,000 |
| semi-detached | £322,500 |
Sales mix: detached 68%, semi-detached 19%, terraced 13%. PL9. HM Land Registry, 2025, ONS built-up area. Residents: Wembury built-up area, ONS Census 2021.
Historic England lists 6 buildings in and around Wembury, including Wall Approximately 90 Metres West Of Wembury House (Grade II*); Wembury House (Grade II*). Listed status affects windows, renders and repairs, so check what consent exists for work already done.
List entries: Wall Approximately 90 Metres West Of Wembury House · Wembury House
Source: Historic England
South Hams District Council's conservation area boundaries aren't published to planning.data.gov.uk, so we can't map them here. Ask your conveyancer or check the council's website if you're planning alterations.
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (no data)
0 of 22 postcodes checked are in Flood Zone 2 or 3, so most of Wembury sits outside the river and sea flood zones. Low-lying streets and surface water can still catch people out.
Source: Environment Agency
The 1 km radon map square at the centre of Wembury is class 5: an estimated 10 to 30% of homes are above the radon Action Level. 100% of the sold postcodes we checked fall in a radon Affected Area. Ask the seller for any radon test result, or test after you move in; remedies are usually straightforward.
Source: UKHSA/BGS
Mundic (decaying concrete made with mine waste) is mainly a Cornish issue, but lenders also ask about it in parts of Devon such as South Hams. A pre-1950 concrete-block home here may need a mundic test.
Source: RICS
Under most of Wembury the bedrock is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone (92%). Older homes are often built of local stone; check pointing, wall heads and chimney stacks.
Source: BGS 625k
Being about 0.4 km from the coast, homes here take the weather; inspect pointing, render and roof fixings closely.
Source: Natural Earth
Wembury LSOAs with 2025 sales. VOA, Mar 2025.
Selling a home in Wembury? Last year's medians ran: detached £485,000, semi-detached £322,500. A free, in-person appraisal tells you where yours sits.
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Also covering: Heybrook Bay. We survey these places too; they don't have a page of their own.
Based on HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, 31 homes sold in Wembury in 2025 with a median price of £378,000 (down 16% on 2024's £450,000). The most common type sold was detached (68% of sales).
We carry out RICS Level 2 and Level 3 surveys. A Level 2 Home Survey suits most modern homes here; older or altered houses need a Level 3. 11% of homes in the 2 neighbourhoods where Wembury homes sold were built before 1919. 6 listed buildings in and around Wembury, 2 of them Grade I or II*. The house itself decides it, so use the chooser or ask us.
Yes, mostly: 100% of the 22 sold postcodes we checked are in an Affected Area, and the central 1 km square is class 5 (10 to 30% of homes above the Action Level).
0 out of 22 checked Wembury postcodes sit in Flood Zone 2 or 3, 0 of them in Zone 3. That's river and sea flooding; surface water is separate.
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