Beach House, Worthing
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Beach House in Worthing,England. is a Georgian style beach-side villa, built in 1820 to designs by John Rebecca.
[edit] History
Between 1907 and 1910 King Edward VII stayed at the house several times while visiting its owner, Sir Robert Loder, the MP for New Shoreham, and his family.
In 1917, playwright Edward Knoblock bought the house. His visitors included Arnold Bennett, J. B. Priestley, and Sir Compton Mackenzie. Knoblock refurbished the interior and forecourt of the property to the designs of Scottish architect Ormrod Maxwell Ayrton.
During the Spanish Civil War in 1936, Beach House was used to house children evacuated from their homes in the Basque province of Biscay.
From 1939 to 1945, during the Second World War, Beach House was used by the Air Training Corps.
[edit] The grounds
This beach side open space surrounding the Regency building of Beach House is situated in Brighton Road and was purchased by the Worthing Borough Council in December 1927 and laid out in 1937-1938. The grounds are 2.78 acres (11265.25 sq. m) and have a playground, two tennis courts and a parking lot.[1] Beach House gives its name to nearby Beach House Park, opposite Beach House, one of the world's best-known venues for bowls.
