{"id":47518,"date":"2026-07-31T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47518"},"modified":"2026-07-31T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T15:37:20","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-emergency-crews-battle-huge-blaze-at-historic-former-catholic-convent-in-hastings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47518","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Emergency crews battle huge blaze at historic former Catholic convent in Hastings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6-300x216.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-6-768x553.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-503ca255626fcd3ce43f979acdac38c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Former_St_Michael%27s_RC_Chapel,_Holy_Child_of_Jesus_Convent,_St_Leonards_(IoE_Code_293987).JPG\">Chapel at Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The local Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) tackled a fire at the disused former Catholic College in Hastings\u2019 St Leonards on July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Mirror<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fire is believed to have broken out on the third floor of the former Catholic college, which is understood to have previously been used as living accommodation at a school\/college. The Catholic college closed in 1976 and was later used as a language school before falling into disrepair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/fire-east-sussex-former-convent-37412256\">https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/fire-east-sussex-former-convent-37412256<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Chapel at Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The local Fire and Rescue Service (ESFRS) tackled a fire at the disused former Catholic College in Hastings\u2019 St Leonards on July 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47521,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47518\/revisions\/47521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}