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==Landmarks== [[File:Bull's Head Goring by Sea Front.JPG|thumb|left|The Bull's Head on Goring Street has been a pub since at least as far back as 1770]] [[St Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea|St Mary's Church]], the [[Anglican]] [[parish church]], was originally built {{circa}} 1100AD as the Church of Our Blessed Ladye of Gorynge, and was rebuilt in 1837 by [[Decimus Burton]]<ref>[http://www.goring-by-sea.uk.com/churches.htm Churches in Goring-by-Sea] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703160038/http://www.goring-by-sea.uk.com/churches.htm |date=3 July 2008 }}</ref> for [[David Lyon (politician, born 1794)|David Lyon]] of Goring Hall. The Bull's Head on Goring Street has existed as a pub since at least 1770.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worthingheritagealliance.org.uk/WHA_Trails_08_Goring.pdf|title=Worthing Heritage Trails - Goring Trail|publisher=Worthing Heritage Alliance|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=25 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525165900/http://www.worthingheritagealliance.org.uk/WHA_Trails_08_Goring.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> This may be the same pub that was closed in the early 17th century by puritan-minded [[Justice of the Peace|Justices of the Peace]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robertluff.co.uk/news/hidden-goring|title=Hidden Goring|date=1 May 2015|first=Chris|last=Hare|access-date=12 March 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123001913/https://www.robertluff.co.uk/news/hidden-goring|url-status=live}}</ref> Courtlands was built in the 1820s and was extended around 1906 to 10 by Paul Schweder.<ref>{{harvnb|Williamson|Hudson|Musson|Nairn|Pevsner|2019| p=748}}</ref> Built around 1889, Goring Hall is a replica of the original building which was built around 1840 for [[David Lyon (politician, born 1794)|David Lyon]], probably designed by [[Charles Barry]], best known for his role in rebuilding the [[Palace of Westminster]] in London.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1250827|desc=Goring Hall, Worthing|access-date=10 March 2020}}</ref> Goring Hall is now used as a hospital, operated by [[BMI Healthcare]]. An 1840s avenue of [[Quercus ilex|holm oaks]] leads from Goring Hall to St Mary's Church.<ref>{{harvnb|Williamson|Hudson|Musson|Nairn|Pevsner|2019| p=748}}</ref> [[File:Tax Office - geograph.org.uk - 597192.jpg|thumb|right|Built in the 1990s, HMRC's Durrington Bridge House on Barrington Road houses 900 employees]] The [[English Martyrs' Catholic Church, Goring-by-Sea|English Martyrs' Catholic Church]], dedicated to the English-[[List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation|Catholic Martyrs]], has the world's only hand-painted copy of the ceiling of the [[Sistine Chapel]], painted by Gary Bevans between 1987 and 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goring-by-sea.uk.com/englishmartyrs.htm |title=THE SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING REPRODUCTION |access-date=21 August 2005 |archive-date=28 August 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828190719/http://www.goring-by-sea.uk.com/englishmartyrs.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The red-brick Durrington Bridge House, [[HM Revenue and Customs]]' building near Durrrington-on-Sea station on Barrington Road, holds 900 employees. The site is due to be replaced with homes as HMRC is due to relocate in 2021 to [[Teville Gate]] in the centre of Worthing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worthingherald.co.uk/business/new-pictures-huge-worthing-office-block-construction-1996097|publisher=Worthing Herald|title=New pictures of huge Worthing office block construction|first=Katherine|last=Hollisey-McLean|date=26 February 2020|access-date=10 March 2020|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123001927/https://www.worthingherald.co.uk/business/new-pictures-huge-worthing-office-block-construction-1996097|url-status=live}}</ref>
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