John Rebecca
John Biagio Rebecca (died 1847), the son of Italian-born decorative painter Biagio Rebecca (1735–1808), was an architect of many buildings in Sussex and London.[1] He lived in London's Leicester Square from 1825 to 1827[2] but many of his buildings were built in the seaside town of Worthing in Sussex and he is credited[by whom?] as being the town's principal Georgian architect.
In Worthing Rebecca designed
Rebecca designed Castle Goring at Goring-by-Sea for Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet. Howard Colvin called the house "an extraordinary fantasy, suavely neo-classical on one side and romantically castellated on the other".[5] Around 1813–16 Rebecca designed the facade of
Around 1820 Buckingham House (originally 'Buckinghams' or 'Buckingham Place') in Shoreham-by-Sea in West Sussex was rebuilt to John Rebecca's designs.[6] Its grounds are now Buckingham Park but the house itself lies in ruins.[7]
The Old Rectory at the village of Crowell, Oxfordshire was designed by Rebecca and built in 1822.[8]
References
- ^ a b Colvin 1997, p. not cited.
- ^ Sheppard 1966, pp. 507–514.
- ^ Elleray 1998, p. not cited.
- ^ a b "Worthing" 1980, pp. 105–108.
- ^ a b Colvin 2008, p. 674.
- ^ "Old and New Shoreham" 1980, pp. 149–154.
- ^ "Shoreham – Buckingham House". Shoreham by Sea. Pastfinder. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Lobel 1964, pp. 80–91.
Sources and further reading
- ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
- ISBN 978-0-300-12508-5.
- Elleray, D. Robert (1998). Millennium Encyclopaedia of Worthing History. Worthing: Optimus Books. ISBN 0-9533132-0-4.
- Baggs, A.P.; Currie, C.R.J.; Elrington, C.R.; Keeling, S.M.; Rowland, A.M. (1980). "Worthing". In Hudson, T.P. (ed.). A History of the County of Sussex. Victoria County History. Vol. 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part). pp. 105–108.
- Baggs, A.P.; Currie, C.R.J.; Elrington, C.R.; Keeling, S.M.; Rowland, A.M. (1980). "Old and New Shoreham". In Hudson, T.P. (ed.). A History of the County of Sussex. Victoria County History. Vol. 6 Part 1: Bramber Rape (Southern Part). pp. 149–154.
- Lobel, Mary D, ed. (1964). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 8: Lewknor and Pyrton Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 80–91.
- ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
- Sheppard, F.H.W, ed. (1966). St Anne Soho. Survey of London. Vol. 33, 34. pp. 507–514.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
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