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Seaside Road, EASTBOURNE, BN21 3PF

The Royal Hippodrome theatre, numbers 106 to 114 Seaside Road, is one of the earliest Variety theatres remaining in the country. Originally named the Theatre Royal. Built in 1883 in an Italianate style with 11 bays designed to incorporate four shops and three entrances to the theatre. The box office and shops were altered in the 1930s. The construction is of brick with the symmetrical front stuccoed, all under a hipped slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246240 Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort on the south coast of East Sussex, some 54 miles south of London and about 19 miles east of Brighton. Although there is evidence of settlement from the Stone Age onwards, Eastbourne remained an area of small rural settlements until the railway arrived in 1849. A resort, built "for gentlemen by gentlemen", was planned and the town's growth accelerated from a population of less than 4,000 in 1851 to nearly 35,000 by 1891. Tourism is a large and important part of the economy of the town.

A sign on the back of this post box states that this is one of the first castings of the 1980 'K' pillar box

Built in 1883 and acquiring its name in 1904. For many years was associated with variety shows rather than theatre which continued until the early 1990s. Then the owners since 1958, Eastbourne Council planned on building a multi-storey car park on the site, however, a battle to save the building was successful and summer shows returned in 2001 along with the listing of the building. The shows ended when the theatre company's licence expired in 2006 and once more the future of theatre is uncertain with the Council reluctant to repair years of neglect and more interested in converting it into housing. The theatre is not positioned in the grander parts of town but is on the A259 to Pevensey along with a variety of garages, greasy spoons, snooker clubs and small shops.

Public house adorned with floral displays.

The building has had water meters installed. These 16 small manholes represent each meter below. All new dwellings in England now have to install water meters.