The White Hart at Guestling, just outside Hastings on the A269, will be closing its doors on September 10.

It is one of the 106 Beefeater venues that are all set to close in September. The mass closure come as part of a restructuring by parent company Whitbread which said it intends to concentrate on its Premiere Inn brand.

Whitbread chief executive Dominic Paul said the plan to offload the brands will ‘drive higher profits and returns’ in the UK. Adding: “We are proposing to exit from all remaining branded restaurants in the UK to become a pure-play hotel business.”

The White Hart was originally a coaching inn, built around the late 17th century as a timber-framed structure. The building was refaced in the 18th century with roughcast exterior walls, featuring two storeys and an attic with dormer windows.

It was designated a Grade II listed building on May 13, 1987, by Historic England.