3 Lime Square, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BA
About 3 Lime Square
3 Lime Square is a two-bedroom mid-terrace house in Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE1 2BA). It has a recorded floor area of 87 m² (around 936 sq ft), construction records dating it to 2003-2006 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (September 2018) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 80). Main heating runs on to be used only when there is no heating/hot.
It hasn't traded since May 2006, a hold of 20 years that's notably long for the area. At 87 m² the property is well over the postcode median (63 m² across 46 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£198/sq ft) was about 17.3% below the postcode norm.
What this property has
Inside
- Bedrooms2
- Bathrooms2
- Open-plan layoutYes
- Dining roomYes
- StudyYes
Building
- ConciergeYes
- RefurbishedYes
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Lime Square has no planning applications on record.
Notable planning nearby
3applications of note in the surrounding area
Sales history & valuation
£192,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£185,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
18 May 2006Most recent
£185,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE1 2BA: £155,000 (2025–2022).
Nearby sales in NE1 2BA
21 Lime Square, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BA
Sold Sept 2025
£130,0006 Lime Square, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BA
Sold May 2025
£240,00015 Lime Square, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BA
Sold Aug 2023
£145,0005 Lime Square, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BA
Sold Dec 2022
£290,00020 Lime Square, City Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2BA
Sold Jul 2022
£155,000
Versus other City Road homes
3 Lime Square outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£2,126
Street avg £2,622
Floor Area
87 m²
Street avg 59 m²
Habitable Rooms
3 rooms
Street avg 3 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.1 t/year
Street avg 2.2 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Reported crime in the wider district is trending notably upward year-on-year.
Crime
14/mo
Rising year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Ouseburn Valley — bus stop.
Closest school
0.6 km
Hotspur Primary School. 36 schools nearby.
Go deeper on the local area
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
56.6dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
47.1dB







