Jubilee properties worth their weight in diamonds – in pictures

Highfield House, a substantial country house near the village of Slindon, four miles from Arundel in West Sussex, comes with nine bedrooms, five bathrooms, a three-bed detached cottage, more than 10 acres of land and its own winery. Sold at auction in 1952 at around £28,000, it will now set you back £3.75m.
Hamptons International, 01403 262828
Photograph: Vertical Image/Hamptons International

Back in the Coronation year 1952, estate agents Chesterton Humberts have records of a four-bed family house in the heart of London’s Chelsea up for sale at £4,600. This very similar four-bed, terraced town house in Rawlings Street is now on the market at £3.5m – a massive 760-fold increase in value.
Chesterton Humberts (Chelsea), 020 7594 4740
Photograph: Chesterton Humberts

Built in 1950 and valued in 1952 at £5,744, this detached three-bedder in Guildford, Surrey – which is in need of complete modernisation – is now priced at £768,000.
Hamptons International (Guildford), 01483 502222
Photograph: Hamptons International

Avalon is a detached house in Marlborough, Wiltshire, with three double bedrooms, three reception rooms, a central oak staircase and parquet flooring. It is on the market for £425,000 – somewhat more than its £3,179 valuation in 1952.
Hamptons International (Marlborough), 01672 516256
Photograph: Hamptons International

Verbena, a Grade II-listed detached house with four bedrooms is one of the oldest properties in Higher Brixham, Devon, and was last sold on 3 June 1977 for £25,000. It is now being marketed at £345,000.
Copus Woods Ltd, 01626 336633
Photograph: Abbot

Last sold in the 1977 silver jubilee year for £15,500, this 1920s detached three-bed house with a 116ft south-facing garden in, appropriately, Queens Road, Whitstable, Kent, is now on the market at £469,995.
Harvey, Richards & West (Whitstable), 01227 771196 Photograph: Harvey, Richards & West

Bought by the current owners in 1977 for £20,500, this is now up for sale at £330,000 – a very competitive price in 2012 for a spacious four-bed detached house with double garage and “particularly attractive” gardens in the Cheshire village of Bunbury.
Wright Manley, 01829 731300 Photograph: Wright Manley