Elizabeth Almshouses, Worthing

Elizabeth Almshouses
"(a) symmetrical design of some richness"
Type Almshouses
Location Worthing, West Sussex
Coordinates 50°48′51″N 0°22′39″W / 50.8143°N 0.3774°W / 50.8143; -0.3774Coordinates: 50°48′51″N 0°22′39″W / 50.8143°N 0.3774°W / 50.8143; -0.3774
Built 1860
Architect William Burges
Architectural style(s) Gothic Revival
Governing body Privately owned
Listed Building – Grade II
Official name: Elizabeth Almshouses
Designated 21 May 1976
Reference no. 361810
Location of Elizabeth Almshouses in West Sussex

The Elizabeth Almshouses, Elizabeth Road, Worthing, West Sussex are a collection of four almshouses built in 1860 by the architect William Burges. The almshouses were paid for by William's father, Alfred Burges, in memory of Alfred's wife. The building is listed Grade II.

History and architecture

Alfred Burges was a civil engineer who made a considerable fortune[1] through his work with James Walker for their engineering company Messrs. Walker and Burges.[2] In 1860, he commissioned his son, William, to draw up plans for the building of four almshouses in memory of Alfred's wife.[3] The building is two-storeys high and is constructed of red brick.[4] Under a centrally-situated gablet is a statuette of St Elizabeth.[5] The almshouses are a Grade II listed building, described as a "symmetrical design of some richness".[4]

The 1970 edition of Sussex, part of The Buildings of England series, and authored by Ian Nairn and Nikolaus Pevsner, makes no mention of the almshouses,[6] although Nairn, who wrote the West Sussex section, does describe Worthing, recording it as "an exasperating town (that) began by imitating Brighton and ended by imitating Bournemouth".[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ Crook 2013, p. 37.
  2. ↑ Skempton, Professor Sir Alec, ed. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland: 1500–1830. ICE publishing. pp. 755–756. ISBN 072772939X.
  3. ↑ Crook 2013, p. 408.
  4. 1 2 England, Historic. "ELIZABETH ALMSHOUSES, Worthing - 1039920- Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
  5. ↑ Stuff, Good. "Elizabeth Almshouses, Worthing, West Sussex". www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
  6. ↑ Nairn & Pevsner 1970, pp. 386-389.
  7. ↑ Nairn & Pevsner 1970, pp. 386.

References

  • Crook, J. Mordaunt (2013). William Burges and the High Victorian Dream. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-3349-2.
  • Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1970). Sussex. The Buildings of England. London: Penguin. ISBN 9-78030-009677-4.
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