List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: THE RUINS OF OLD BUCKINGHAM HOUSE
List Entry Number: 1353760
Location
THE RUINS OF OLD BUCKINGHAM HOUSE, WOOD VIEW, OLD SHOREHAM, SHOREHAM-BY-SEA
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: West Sussex
District: Adur
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Non Civil Parish
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 25-Aug-1954
Date of most recent amendment: 23-Jun-1986
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 297307
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List Entry Description
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History
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Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 10/01/2013
TQ 20 NW
3/54
25.8.54
SHOREHAM-BY-SEA
WOOD VIEW
OLD SHOREHAM
The Ruins of Old Buckingham House
(Formerly listed as Buckingham House, RAVENSBOURNE AVENUE)
(Formerly listed as The Retreat, with remains of the Old Buckingham House or Place, Norman Crescent)
GV II
This house was designed by the Worthing architect John Rebecca, son of Biagio Rebecca,
in 1820. It was burned circa 1910. The shell remains with the east and south walls
trimmed to safety and the windows bricked up. The north and west sides are formed
by the block of flats known as Nos 1 to Woodview Court. 2 storeys. 3 windows
facing east, 3 south, white brick. Each front flanked by twin stone pilasters with
fancy capitals decorated with rosettes. Stone cornice and blocking course with
arcroteria above the pilasters. 1st floor windows in stone surrounds. Ground floor
outer windows have semi-circular tympana with niches in the centre containing shells.
Central bay of east front projects and is flanked by free-standing pseudo-Corinthian
columns rising through both storeys with additional rosettes to the caps. Above
is an elaborate enriched frieze of ox-heads and swags and a tall parapet set between
vases. In the centre of the ground floor on south front is a curved bay containing
a doorway and side lights. The house figures in George Moore's novel, "Esther Waters".
Listing NGR: TQ2194906106
Selected Sources
Books and journalsMoore, G, Esther Waters
Map
National Grid Reference: TQ 21949 06106
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