This is how much the site of a former Hastings pub sold for at auction

The derelict building in Old London Road, Ore, which used to be the Hare & Hounds pub, was marketed by Auction House London in Hampstead, for a guide price of £150,000 or more and advertised on Rightmove.co.uk.

It went up for auction on April 23.

Auction House London said the site sold for £190,000.

Hastings Borough Council granted planning permission in April 2023 for the site to be turned into five flats.

On its website, Rightmove said: “The property comprises a substantial semi-detached building arranged to provide a lower ground and ground floor former public house with a first and second floor six-bedroom split level flat.

“The property benefits from a rear garden.”

The property has a cellar and storage room, a bar area, kitchen and toilets, as well as store rooms.

The Hare & Hounds was initially a farm dwelling that was built in 1590 during the reign of Elizabeth I.

It was a popular pub in its heyday. The first theatre in Hastings was established there in the 1700s.

Both the theatre and the pub were destroyed by a fire in 1867.

The pub was partly rebuilt and then finally closed its doors in 2006.

The building has remained empty since.