12 Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
About 12 Newtown Street
12 Newtown Street is a six-bedroom mid-terrace house in Leicester (LE1 6WJ). It has a recorded floor area of 206 m² (around 2217 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (November 2020) shows a D (score 55), a step below the typical UK home. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Other recorded features include a basement. Period features are noted in the property record.
At 206 m² the property is well over the postcode median (52 m² across 33 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 6 bedrooms is on the larger side for this postcode, where 4 is the typical count. 13 planning records sit against the property, 13 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include tree works, an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 1996–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 5.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £426,000 is 21.7% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£158/sq ft) was about 40.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Sold May 2021 for £350,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- CloakroomYes
- BasementYes
Outside
- Private gardenYes
- ParkingYes
Building
- Heating systemGas
- Period featuresYes
Energy performance
12 Newtown Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
13 applications on record at 12 Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
- Feb 2003DemolitionHeritageOutcome in report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION; DEMOLITION OF OUTBUILDINGS; AND EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS TO GRADE II LISTED BUILDING
ListedExtension- Documents
- 2 docs on file
- Reference
- 20022127
- More recent applications — locked
- RenovationApr 2019Decision
- Tree WorksJan 2019Decision
+ 10 more applications in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 12 Newtown Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£426,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.7% per year over 24 years.
£350,000
Growth on file: 5.7% per year over 24 years.
Sales timeline
27 May 2021Most recent
£350,000
+355.7%over 14 years7 September 2006
£76,798
-14.7%over 9 years16 December 1996
£90,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE1 6WJ: £200,000 (2025–2015).
Nearby sales in LE1 6WJ
Flat A, 6 Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
Sold Oct 2025
£200,0007 Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
Sold Nov 2021
£232,5001a, Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
Sold May 2020
£300,0009 Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
Sold Jun 2017
£169,000Flat B, 18 Newtown Street, Leicester, LE1 6WJ
Sold Jul 2015
£167,000
Versus other Newtown Street homes
On floor area, 12 Newtown Street stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£1,699
Street avg £2,124
Floor Area
206 m²
Street avg 118 m²
Habitable Rooms
9 rooms
Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
9.1 t/year
Street avg 6.4 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
13/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Tower Street — bus stop.
Closest school
0.4 km
Beauchamp City Sixth Form. 51 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
57.0dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.8dB







