| Castle Goring | |
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 Castle Goring's Gothic north side | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Greco-Palladian and Gothic |
| Town or city | Worthing, West Sussex |
| Country | England |
| Completed | 1797–1798[1] |
| Cost | £90,000 adjusted for inflation: £12 million[2] |
| Client | Sir Bysshe Shelley |
| Owner | Lady Colin Campbell |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | John Rebecca |
Castle Goring is a country house in Worthing, in West Sussex, England[3] about 4.5 miles (7 kilometres) northwest of the town centre.
One of Worthing's two Grade I listed buildings (deemed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to be of exceptional interest), it has been described by architectural critic Ian Nairn as reflecting "the equivocal taste of the 1790s as well as anywhere in the country."[4]
Castle Goring was designed by John Rebecca for Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet. It was intended that his grandson, the renowned poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, would live at Castle Goring; however, he drowned in Italy aged 29, so he never took possession of the house.
In 1845, Mary Shelley, who inherited the building as widow of the poet, sold it to Vice-Admiral Sir George Brooke-Pechell, RN, who had been residing at the property as a tenant since 1825. It is currently owned by Lady Colin Campbell.[5]
- ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1025839)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Historic England. "Castle Goring (1025839)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ Nairn, Ian and Pevsner, Nikolaus(1965), "Sussex: Buildings of England" ISBN 0-14-071028-0
- ^ Lady Colin Campbell (website retrieved 28 September 2018):http://www.castlegoring.com/ladyc.html