Leylands House, Doncaster Road, High Melton, Doncaster, DN5 7SY
About Leylands House
Leylands House is a detached house in High Melton, Doncaster, Doncaster (DN5 7SY). It has a recorded floor area of 322 m² (around 3466 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2015) shows an E (score 42), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 3-band jump. The latest certificate is from February 2015, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.
At 322 m² the property is well over the postcode median (123 m² across 10 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Across 1995–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.8% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£169/sq ft) was about 45.3% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: April 2022 at £585,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Leylands House sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Expired
This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 03 Feb 2025
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Leylands House has no planning applications on record.
But the area is active
6 notable applications nearby — larger schemes and conversions that could reshape the street. The report maps them all.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Leylands House was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£621,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.8% per year over 27 years.
£585,000
Growth on file: 6.8% per year over 27 years.
Sales timeline
26 April 2022Most recent
£585,000
+74.6%over 16 years14 November 2005
£335,000
+235.0%over 10 years23 July 1995
£100,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in DN5 7SY: £225,000 (2024–2017).
Nearby sales in DN5 7SY
1 Leylands Farm Cottages, Doncaster Road, High Melton, Doncaster, DN5 7SY
Sold Dec 2024
£225,000Lilac Cottage, Doncaster Road, High Melton, Doncaster, DN5 7SY
Sold Nov 2024
£360,000The Bothy, Doncaster Road, High Melton, Doncaster, DN5 7SY
Sold Jul 2019
£395,0002 Leylands Farm Cottages, Doncaster Road, High Melton, Doncaster, DN5 7SY
Sold Feb 2017
£150,000Melton Stone Cottage, Doncaster Road, High Melton, Doncaster, DN5 7SY
Sold Dec 2014
£460,000
Versus other Doncaster Road homes
On epc rating, Leylands House runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£1,817
Street avg £2,108
Floor Area
322 m²
Street avg 140 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
25.0 t/year
Street avg 6.3 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
7/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
Doncaster Road/Hangman Stone Lane — bus stop.
Closest school
2.5 km
Copley Junior School. 7 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
A Local Area report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.8dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB







