78 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD
About 78 Main Street
78 Main Street is a six-bedroom detached house in Newtown Linford, Leicester, Leicester (LE6 0AD). It has a recorded floor area of 365 m² (around 3929 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band G. It is a listed building, which means external alterations are tightly controlled but it may qualify for heritage tax reliefs. The latest certificate (July 2018) shows an E (score 52), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 73), a 2-band jump.
At 365 m² the property is well over the postcode median (174 m² across 12 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. 15 planning records sit against the property, 8 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, an annexe and a garage conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. The record references listed-building consent and conservation-area consent, which constrain future alterations. Across 2003–2021, sale prices on this property compounded at 2.6% per year. Sold December 2021 for £1,163,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms6
- Bathrooms4
- Dining roomYes
- EnsuiteYes
Outside
- Private gardenSouth-west-facing
- GarageDouble
Building
- Listed buildingYes
Energy performance
78 Main Street's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
Planning history includes recorded demolition works, indicating a major rebuild phase at this address.
- Jul 2025RenovationHeritageIn report
Internal alterations, replacement of garage doors and painting of rear windows (Listed Building Consent)
Listed- Documents
- 19 docs on file
- Reference
- P/25/1427/2
- Apr 2024PorchHeritageIn report
Partial Demolition of roof over existing vehicle access, erection of front porches, replacement windows and new window opening, timber shed to rear: Internal alterations including reconfiguration of layout of W/C, utility room and garages and removal of laminate flooring.
ExtensionDemolition- Documents
- 31 docs on file
- Reference
- P/24/0696/2
What's in 78 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD's planning history?
13 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 78 Main Street was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,267,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 2.6% per year over 18 years.
£1,163,000
Growth on file: 2.6% per year over 18 years.
Sales timeline
2 December 2021Most recent
£1,163,000
+5.7%over 2 years11 January 2019
£1,100,000
+51.7%over 15 years13 August 2003
£725,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE6 0AD: £530,000 (2023–2022).
Nearby sales in LE6 0AD
52 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD
Sold Dec 2023
£295,00064 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD
Sold Oct 2023
£625,00042a, Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD
Sold Sept 2023
£530,00068 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD
Sold Aug 2022
£251,30072 Main Street, Newtown Linford, Leicester, LE6 0AD
Sold May 2022
£1,030,000
Versus other Main Street homes
78 Main Street outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,186
Street avg £3,426
Floor Area
365 m²
Street avg 183 m²
Habitable Rooms
10 rooms
Street avg 7 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
19.5 t/year
Street avg 9.1 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
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.0 km
The Bradgate — bus stop.
Closest school
0.1 km
Newtown Linford Primary School. 3 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.
Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.3dB








