What kind of home is 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

8 Top Street, DE12 7AH is a 4-bedroom end-of-terrace house, listed for its heritage value.

What was the last sold price for 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

8 Top Street, DE12 7AH last sold for £170,000 in March 2022, around 4 years ago. Source: HM Land Registry.

What is the EPC rating for 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

The current EPC rating for 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH is F with a score of 25 out of 100, lodged in February 2022. The assessor estimates the property could reach a B. Source: EPC Register.

How big is 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

8 Top Street, DE12 7AH has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (893 sq ft), around 21 m² per bedroom. That makes it about 16% smaller than the median EPC-recorded property in DE12 7AH. Source: EPC Register.

What heating system does 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH use?

The latest EPC at 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH records electricity as the main heating fuel. Source: EPC Register.

What is the council tax band for 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

8 Top Street, DE12 7AH is in council tax band A. That sits at the lower end of the A-H ladder, typically reflecting smaller floor areas or lower 1991 valuations.

Which area is 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH in?

8 Top Street, DE12 7AH sits in Appleby Magna, Swadlincote, Swadlincote. It falls within the DE12 postcode district in Leicestershire.

How safe is the area around 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

Police records around 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH show an average of 2 reported crimes per month over the last 8 months. Violent crime makes up roughly 53% of reports, the most common category. The overall trend is broadly stable. Source: Police UK.

What schools are near 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

The closest primary school to 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH is Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School (35m), one of 2 primaries within walking distance.

How well connected is 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH?

The closest bus stop to 8 Top Street, DE12 7AH is Black Horse, 356m away. In total there are 28 bus stops within the surrounding area.

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8 Top Street, Appleby Magna, Swadlincote, DE12 7AH

Listed building

Property type

End terrace

Bedrooms

Floor area

83 m²

893 sq ft

Energy rating

Score 25

Council tax

Band A

Tenure

Freehold

Overview

About 8 Top Street

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

8 Top Street is a four-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Appleby Magna, Swadlincote, Swadlincote (DE12 7AH). It has a recorded floor area of 83 m² (around 893 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band A. Tenure is freehold. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (February 2022) shows an F (score 25), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 83), a 4-band jump. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 83 m² it's 22.4% smaller than the typical home in the postcode (107 m² median across 30 EPCs). On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £214,000 is 25.9% above the 2022 sale price. Most recent transfer: March 2022 at £170,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.

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Risks

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Sold prices

similar homes nearby

Trends

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Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

Bedrooms4

Building

TenureFreehold
Listed buildingYes

Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

8 Top Street sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.

EPC Rating

F25

Main Heating

Electric

Main Fuel

Electric

Hot Water

Very Poor

Windows

Very Poor

CO2 Emissions

12.0 t/year

Occupancy

Owner Occupied

Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against 8 Top Street, Appleby Magna, Swadlincote, DE12 7AH, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

8 Top Street has no planning applications on record.

Notable planning nearby

4applications of note in the surrounding area

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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

The latest sale landed in the post-pandemic price surge — useful context when reading the figure.

Current estimate

£214,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.

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Last sold (2022)

£170,000

Recorded with HM Land Registry.

Sales timeline

9 March 2022Most recent
£170,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in DE12 7AH: £360,000 (2022–2020).

Nearby sales in DE12 7AH

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On the street

Versus other Top Street homes

Four headline reads against 30 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

EPC Rating for 8 Top Street lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£2,048

Street avg £2,241

On par

Floor Area

83 m²

Street avg 126 m²

Below

Habitable Rooms

4 rooms

Street avg 6 rooms

Strongly below

CO₂ Emissions

12.0 t/year

Street avg 5.7 t/year

Strongly below

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Swadlincote district page.

Full Swadlincote report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Crime

2/mo

Steady year-on-year across the wider district.

Nearest stop

0.4 km

Black Horse — bus stop.

Closest school

0.0 km

Sir John Moore Church of England Primary School. 2 schools nearby.

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Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around DE12 7AH from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

47.0dB

Low

Night-time road noise heatmap for DE12 7AH

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.8dB

Low

55 dB

60 dB

65 dB

70 dB

75 dB

80 dB

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