Estate Agents Covering Newbold Verdon

Newbold Verdon is a small town and civil parish nestled between Barlestone and Desford, lying around nine and a half miles west of Leicester.

The name goes back to the Domesday Book of 1086, when the settlement was recorded as Niwebold, meaning newly built. It later took the Verdon suffix from Nicholas de Verdon, who held the manor from 1226. For centuries afterwards the town was mostly a farming settlement, until coal mining expanded here in the 1850s. The pits have long since closed, and Newbold Verdon now works as a commuter town, with many people travelling into Leicester or Hinckley for work.

The oldest reminders of that history are still standing. A prime example being Newbold Verdon Hall, a Grade I listed former country house built around 1700 for the Bishop of Durham on Main Street. Equally, Cob Cottage on the same street dates as far back as 1650 and is thought to be the oldest home in the town.

Getting around Newbold Verdon is easy, with several options available if you’d like to travel further afield.

• Car & road: Newbold Verdon sits on the B582 between Barlestone and Desford, with the B585 running out towards Market Bosworth. The M1 lies around three miles to the north-east and the M69 around five miles to the south, putting Leicester, Coventry and Nuneaton within reasonable reach by car.
• Bus: Bus services run between Market Bosworth and Leicester, stopping in the town and taking around 40 minutes into the city centre. Other services link Newbold Verdon with Coalville, Ibstock, Market Bosworth and Hinckley.
• Train: there’s no station in the town itself. The nearest mainline station is Hinckley, around eight and a half miles south, with hourly services to Leicester and Birmingham New Street.

For anyone weighing up Newbold Verdon as a place to live, the property types here vary as much by decade as by street.

Architecture: Newbold Verdon’s housing spans several periods, from Cob Cottage, the oldest surviving home dating to 1650, through Victorian terraces built during the coal mining expansion of the 1850s, to 1930s and post-war semis on estates such as Arnolds Crescent and Peters Avenue, and a growing number of new-build homes on the edges of the town.

Listed property is limited chiefly to a handful of buildings including Newbold Verdon Hall.

Newbold Verdon’s landmarks trace a long history, from a Bishop’s country house to the battle that ended the Plantagenet dynasty a few miles away.

1. Newbold Verdon Hall – A Grade I listed former country house built around 1700 for Nathaniel Crewe, Bishop of Durham, standing towards the western end of Main Street. It’s now in private use as a farmhouse and isn’t open to the public, but remains one of the town’s defining buildings.
2. Church of St James – This Grade II listed parish church has origins in the twelfth century, with later rebuilding in 1899. It sits at the western end of Main Street and is still used for worship today.
3. Cob Cottage – Dating to around 1650, this Grade II listed cottage on Main Street is thought to be the oldest surviving home in the town.