Silverhills, Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
About Silverhills
Silverhills is a detached house in Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle Upon Tyne (NE16 5EP). It has a recorded floor area of 393 m² (around 4230 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1976-1982 and council tax band G. The latest certificate (June 2021) shows an F (score 33), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to D (score 62), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on lpg.
At 393 m² the property is well over the postcode median (91 m² across 31 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. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£228/sq ft) was about 28% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 4 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 1 refused. Sold March 2022 for £965,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.
Energy performance
Silverhills sits at the bottom of the postcode for energy efficiency — meaningful headroom to improve.
EPC Rating
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Planning history
4 applications on record at Silverhills, Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
- May 2010AnnexFullOutcome in report
Erection of building to accommodate granny annexe and swimming pool (revised application).
- Documents
- 21 docs on file
- Reference
- DC/10/00333/HHA
- More recent applications — locked
- OutbuildingApr 2013Decision
- OutbuildingMay 2012Decision
+ 1 more application in the report
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Sales history & valuation
Latest sale on Silverhills was the highest on Land Registry record across the postcode.
£1,048,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
£965,000
Recorded with HM Land Registry.
Sales timeline
31 March 2022Most recent
£965,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in NE16 5EP: £273,000 (2025–2024).
Nearby sales in NE16 5EP
5 Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
Sold Oct 2025
£273,00021 Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
Sold Aug 2025
£218,00026 Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
Sold May 2024
£334,00013 Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
Sold Mar 2024
£266,000The Stables, Pennyfine Road, Sunniside, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE16 5EP
Sold Jan 2024
£475,000
Versus other Pennyfine Road homes
On epc rating, Silverhills runs well behind the street norm.
Price per m²
£2,455
Street avg £2,124
Floor Area
393 m²
Street avg 105 m²
Habitable Rooms
8 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
21.0 t/year
Street avg 4.9 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
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.3 km
Gateshead Road-Pennyfine Road — bus stop.
Closest school
1.7 km
Washingwell Community Primary School. 9 schools nearby.
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Road noise across the postcode

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
47.7dB

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
39.9dB







