page_title: Listed buildings in Worthing
section_title: Listed buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Listed buildings in Worthing / Listed buildings
caption_attribution_description: St Mary's Church, Broadwater Road, Broadwater, Worthing, West Sussex, England. The parish church of Broadwater; Worthing formed the southern part of its parish in its early days as a fishing village, and its first two churches were chapels of ease to St Mary's. By the mid-19th century, Worthing had grown so rapidly that it absorbed Broadwater. Listed at Grade I (formerly Grade B) by English Heritage (IoE Code 302233)
context_page_description: Worthing, a town with borough status in the English county of West Sussex, has 212 buildings with listed status. The Borough of Worthing covers an area of 8,030 acres on the south coast of England, facing the English Channel. The town's development in the early 19th century coincided with nearby Brighton's rise as a famous, fashionable resort, and Worthing became a quiet seaside town with a large stock of Victorian buildings. Residential growth in the 20th century absorbed nearby villages, and older houses, churches and mansions became part of the borough. The Town and Country Planning Act 1947, an act of Parliament effective from 1948, introduced the concept of "listing" buildings of architectural and historical interest, and Worthing Borough Council nominated 90 buildings at that time. More have since been added, but others have been demolished. As of 2009, Worthing has three buildings of Grade I status, 11 listed at Grade II*, 196 of Grade II status and three at the equivalent Grade C.
caption: St Mary's Church has served the Broadwater area since Saxon times.
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