The Stable Block to the Rear of Number 61, Waterside Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 2004. Stable block. 4 related planning applications.

The Stable Block to the Rear of Number 61, Waterside Hotel

WRENN ID
waiting-moat-oak
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
Herne Bay and Sandwich MP: Sir Roger Gale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 August 2004
Type
Stable block
Address
The Stable Block to the Rear of Number 61, Waterside Hotel, Sea Road, Westgate-On-Sea, CT8 8QH
OS grid reference
TR 321 702
Coordinates
51.38351, 1.33553
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Stable Block to the rear of Number 61 Waterside Hotel is a former stable and coach house with a hayloft and grooms' accommodation above. It was built around 1880 and designed by architects Ernest George and Peto in the Vernacular Revival style. The ground floor is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, while the first floor features alternating courses of plain and curved tiles, topped with a hipped roof that has a tall brick chimney stack. A distinctive feature is the central square, two-tier ornamental wooden dovecote, which has an ogee-headed lead cupola with a metal weathervane and a battered tiled base.

On the exterior, the principal elevation facing east includes a central gable with a tripartite wooden casement window and a hoist door to the first floor on the left. The ground floor has one original stable door, a door leading to the upper floor grooms' accommodation, and two original casement windows. The north side features a five-light casement window for the grooms' accommodation and double coach doors. The west elevation, which is visible from the hotel, has a triple dormer and a small first-floor window.

Inside, the stable block retains original boarded walls, cast iron and wooden stall partitions, a cast iron feeding trough, and brick flooring.

These stables were built for the adjoining Waterside Hotel, which was awarded the Home of the Year Award in 1882. The stable block remains unaltered and showcases the Vernacular Revival style by Ernest George and Peto.

Local climate

The Stable Block to the Rear of Number 61, Waterside Hotel sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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