The Stables Theatre is a Grade II* listed building in the Hastings local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 1951. Theatre. 6 related planning applications.

The Stables Theatre

WRENN ID
twelfth-soffit-tarn
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Hastings
Constituency
Hastings and Rye MP: Helena Dollimore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 January 1951
Type
Theatre
Address
The Stables Theatre, the Bourne, TN34 3BD
OS grid reference
TQ 827 098
Coordinates
50.85968, 0.59488
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stables Theatre is a notable early 18th-century stable building with an H-shaped plan. It is constructed of brick, featuring a pattern of red and grey, and has brick pilasters on the wings. The roof is tiled with hipped gables on the wings and includes a moulded wood cornice. The building has seven windows, with two window wings, and the central section has three windows that are slightly advanced. The windows are wood mullion transom types with missing leaded panes and are topped with segmental brick arches. There is a brick string course at the first-floor level. The structure is two storeys high and has boarded over carriageways at each end, also featuring segmental brick arches. Originally used as stables and mews for Old Hastings House, it was possibly built as a dwelling house in the late 17th century before being converted for theatre use. All the listed buildings on the High Street up to and including No. 118 form a group.

Local climate

The Stables Theatre receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 6 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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  4. Garden Wall, Gates and Gate Piers in Front and South East of Old Hastings House Grade II 66 m
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  6. Vine Cottage Grade II 72 m
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  9. Old Hastings House Grade II* 81 m
  10. 1 and 2 Garden Cottages Grade II 82 m