4 The Square, Newton Harcourt, Leicester, LE8 9FQ
About 4 The Square
4 The Square is a four-bedroom semi-detached house in Newton Harcourt, Leicester, Leicester (LE8 9FQ). It has a recorded floor area of 154 m² (around 1658 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2021) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 78).
At 154 m² the property is well over the postcode median (96 m² across 13 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. 3 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 1 refused. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Across 2005–2022, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.6% per year. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£365/sq ft) was about 60.2% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Last sale on file: £605,000 in October 2022. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms4
- Bathrooms2
Energy performance
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 The Square has 2 separate extension applications on the council record.
3 applications on record at 4 The Square, Newton Harcourt, Leicester, LE8 9FQ
- Apr 2012ExtensionFullOutcome in report
Extension: Two storey · Side of property
Erection of a two storey side extension
- Documents
- 14 docs on file
- Reference
- 12/00244/FUL
- More recent applications — locked
- ExtensionApr 2014Decision
- ExtensionJul 2012Decision
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on 4 The Square was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£608,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.6% per year over 17 years.
£605,000
Growth on file: 4.6% per year over 17 years.
Sales timeline
23 October 2022Most recent
£605,000
+114.5%over 16 years19 December 2005
£282,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in LE8 9FQ: £350,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in LE8 9FQ
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£450,000Moot House, The Square, Newton Harcourt, Leicester, LE8 9FQ
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£350,0009 Long Row Cottage, The Square, Newton Harcourt, Leicester, LE8 9FQ
Sold Feb 2022
£192,5006 Long Row Cottage, The Square, Newton Harcourt, Leicester, LE8 9FQ
Sold Feb 2022
£120,000
Versus other The Square homes
Floor Area for 4 The Square runs comfortably ahead of the street norm.
Price per m²
£3,929
Street avg £2,906
Floor Area
154 m²
Street avg 94 m²
Habitable Rooms
7 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
5.1 t/year
Street avg 5.3 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
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
1.0 km
Wistow Rural Centre — bus stop.
Closest school
2.2 km
Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School. 7 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
44.1dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.2dB







