John Rebecca
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John Biagio Rebecca (-1847) was an architect of many buildings in Sussex and London. He is credited as being the principal architect of Georgian Worthing. Living in London's Leicester Square from 1825 to 1827[1], many of his buildings were in the town of Worthing in Sussex.
In Worthing, he designed the town's first large church, the Chapel of Ease (now St Paul's Church), Beach House and the spectacular Castle Goring. He also designed the Royal Sea House Hotel in Worthing, with Ionic columns and pilasters, rebuilt to his designs in 1829, and destroyed by fire in 1901[2]. Rebecca was the architect of 19-20 Marine Parade in Worthing, which housed Stafford's Marine Library in the 19th century. 19 Marine Parade was known as Rebecca House, since it was believed that the architect himself stayed in the building..[3]
Rebecca was also the architect of Worthing's Royal Baths (now demolished), as well as several other buildings around the town.[4]
Around 1815 to 1820 he designed the facade of Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. Also in the 1820s he restored and added a chapel to Penshurst Place in Kent.
John Rebecca was the son of Italian-born artist Biagio Rebecca (1735-1808).
[edit] References
- ^ Leicester Square, West Side: Leicester Estate - Nos 43-54 Leicester Square | British History Online
- ^ http://193.39.212.223/report.asp?compid=18225
- ^ Elleray, D Robert (1998), Millennium Encyclopaedia of Worthing History E300195311
- ^ Elleray, D Robert (1998), Millennium Encyclopaedia of Worthing History E300195311
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