Corsham, Wiltshire
Bridging Loans Corsham Wiltshire
Corsham sits in north-west Wiltshire on the A4 between Chippenham and Bath, with the SN13 postcode covering the town and the surrounding villages. The town carries an exceptional concentration of Bath-stone Georgian and Victorian period stock, and the historic Corsham Court at the eastern end of the High Street, the seat of the Methuen family since 1745, anchors the town's architectural character. We arrange specialist bridging finance across Corsham and the SN13 corridor, working with chain-break buyers, listed-property restorers and small developers on a market shaped by the strong Bath commuter pull and a substantial Ministry of Defence employment base.
Corsham median
£370,000
SN13 postcode area
Recent sales tracked
6
Land Registry, last 24 months
Dominant stock type
Detached
50% of recent transactions
Indicative monthly rate
0.55–1.5%
Subject to LTV, exit and security
The area
Corsham in context.
Corsham is a market town that grew on the back of Bath-stone quarrying, with the Box Stone Mines and the underground tunnels of the wider Corsham Quarry running beneath the town. The Ministry of Defence's Corsham campus, on the former Royal Air Force Rudloe Manor site at the western edge of the town, hosts a substantial defence cyber and IT cluster including elements of the Defence Digital organisation and the Joint Forces Command. The campus is one of the largest single employers in the area outside Swindon.
Corsham's High Street carries a particularly rich run of seventeenth-century Bath-stone weavers' houses, the Flemish Buildings, and the Grade II listed Almshouses founded by Lady Margaret Hungerford in 1668. Corsham Court, with its Capability Brown landscape and the Methuen family art collection, sits at the eastern end of the High Street. Pickwick, a short distance west of the centre, carries a separate Georgian and Victorian streetscape. Beyond the centre, the housing stock spreads through Victorian and Edwardian terraces around Pickwick Road and Park Lane, post-war estates at Pound Pill and Westwells, and substantial modern new-build at Park Place, Beechfield Road and the Corsham Park Gate release.
Sold-data signal
Property market in Corsham.
Transaction data for SN13 shows a median sold price of around £370,000, sitting at the higher end of the central Wiltshire spread. Compact two-bed terraces sit at £230,000 to £330,000, three-bed semis at £330,000 to £450,000, post-war estate housing at £290,000 to £400,000, four-bed family homes on the modern Park Place and Corsham Park Gate estates at £475,000 to £650,000, and larger Bath-stone period houses on the High Street, Pickwick and the surrounding village stock stretching above £700,000.
Recent SN13 sales include The Cleeve at £325,000 terraced, Beech Road at £325,000 detached, Priory Street at £170,000 flat, Marsh Grove at £430,000 detached, Durley Park at £700,000 detached and Dickens Avenue at £202,500 semi. The spread, low six figures for compact converted flats through to seven figures for the better Bath-stone period stock and modern detached new-build, is the loan-size band most of our Corsham bridging work sits in.
Deal flow
Bridging activity in Corsham.
Three deal flavours dominate the Corsham book. First, chain-break bridging on owner-occupiers moving within the town or out to the SN13 villages including Box, Atworth, Neston and Gastard. The MoD Corsham workforce and the Bath commuter market draws a steady flow of incoming professional households. Regulated cases at 0.55 to 0.75% per month, 6 to 9-month terms, passed to our regulated partner firms. Loan sizes here are larger than the Wiltshire average, often £350,000 to £700,000.
Refurbishment bridging on Bath-stone period stock requiring
refurbishment bridging on Bath-stone period stock requiring sympathetic restoration. Listed status on much of the central stock and the SN13 village houses adds time to the project, so we structure terms at 12 to 18 months with stage drawdowns. Rates 0.85 to 1.15% per month depending on the scale of works.
Capital-raise bridging against unencumbered High Street period
capital-raise bridging against unencumbered High Street period stock and SN13 village houses. Long-standing owners with substantial equity raise second-charge facilities at 55 to 60% LTV to fund deposit on the next acquisition. Typical loan band £250,000 to £700,000.
Development-exit refinance on the Park Place and
Development-exit refinance on the Park Place and Corsham Park Gate completions forms a fourth recurring stream. Holiday-let acquisition bridging on Bath-stone village stock close to the Box quarries and the wider Cotswold-fringe market forms a fifth smaller stream.
Streets and postcodes
Named streets we work across.
Corsham covers SN13 in full, with SN13 0 covering the central streets and the High Street, SN13 8 covering Pickwick and the western fringe, and SN13 9 covering the modern Park Place and Beechfield estates.
Postcode areas
Streets in our regular bridging flow (14)
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Corsham covers SN13 in full, with SN13 0 covering the central streets and the High Street, SN13 8 covering Pickwick and the western fringe, and SN13 9 covering the modern Park Place and Beechfield estates. Named streets in the bridging flow include The Cleeve, Beech Road, Priory Street, Marsh Grove, Durley Park and Dickens Avenue. The High Street, Pickwick Road, Park Lane, Pound Pill, Westwells Road, Lacock Road and Bath Road carry the central grid. Corsham Court anchors the eastern end of the High Street with its Capability Brown landscape. The Ministry of Defence Corsham campus sits at the western edge on the former RAF Rudloe Manor site. The Almshouses on the High Street and the Flemish Buildings are among the town's most distinctive listed stock.
Demand drivers
Transport and rental demand.
Corsham lost its passenger railway in 1965 and the nearest stations are at Chippenham, around 10 minutes drive to the east, with direct services to London Paddington in 75 minutes, and at Bath Spa around 15 minutes drive west. The A4 runs east to west through the town connecting Chippenham to Bath, with the M4 accessible at Junction 17 around 15 minutes north.
Demand drivers are the Ministry of Defence Corsham campus and the wider defence cyber and IT cluster, the Bath commuter market via the A4 and the rail link from Chippenham or Bath Spa, the town's professional services and education employment, the surrounding Cotswold-fringe village market, and a strong heritage tourism economy tied to Corsham Court and the historic streetscape. Rental yields on SN13 Bath-stone period stock are softer than the Wiltshire average because of the higher capital values, but resale liquidity is firm and the MoD-related professional rental demand is consistent.
Recent work
Our work in Corsham.
Recent Corsham bridging includes a £585,000 chain-break facility for an owner-occupier moving from a Chippenham home to a Pickwick SN13 Bath-stone period house, passed to our regulated partner firm at 0.65% per month for 6 months. We also arranged a £395,000 12-month bridge at 0.95% per month and 65% LTV restoring a Grade II listed Flemish Buildings house on the High Street, with staged drawdowns against listed-building consent items. A third recent case funded a £685,000 development-exit refinance on a three-unit Park Place completion, 12 months at 0.85% per month. A fourth case raised £420,000 second-charge against an unencumbered SN13 0 village house in Box for the borrower's deposit on a Bath acquisition, 55% LTV, 9 months at 0.95% per month.
Land Registry, recent sold prices
Corsham sold-price evidence
The most recent registered transactions across the SN13 postcode area, drawn from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Underwriters and valuers work from this evidence on every Corsham bridge we arrange.
SN13 median
£370,000
| Date | Street | Postcode | Type | Sold price |
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| Mar 2026 | The Cleeve | SN13 9JG | Terraced | £325,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Beech Road | SN13 8HB | Detached | £325,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Priory Street | SN13 0AU | Flat | £170,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Durley Park | SN13 9YG | Detached | £700,000 |
| Mar 2026 | Marsh Grove | SN13 0FD | Detached | £430,000 |
| Feb 2026 | Dickens Avenue | SN13 0AQ | Semi-detached | £202,500 |
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, last refreshed for the Wiltshire network in the trailing 24-month window. Bridging facilities are priced against the open-market value at the time of underwriting, not at the historic sold price.
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Where we work across Wiltshire.
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FAQs
Corsham bridging questions
Does MoD employment drive the Corsham rental market?
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Yes, to a significant degree. The MoD Corsham campus and the wider defence cyber and IT cluster supports a consistent inflow of professional households into Corsham and the SN13 villages, and the rental demand that underwrites the refurbishment-to-BTL exits sits heavily on that workforce. The Bath commuter market via the A4 and the rail link adds a second professional-tenant layer.
Can you bridge listed Bath-stone village stock around Corsham?
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Yes. The SN13 corridor through Box, Atworth, Neston and Gastard carries Grade II listed Bath-stone stock that bridges well, subject to a chartered surveyor familiar with the local market. Listed status narrows the lender panel. We use lenders comfortable with listed residential and build extra term into the bridge to absorb listed-building consent timetables on any refurbishment work.
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