St George's Church, Worthing

Worthing experienced rapid development in the first quarter of the 19th century, encouraged by royal patronage and the effect of nearby Brighton—one of England's most fashionable and desirable resorts at the time. In the first few decades of the town's existence, however, little building work took place east of the road from Broadwater to the coast: the land was marshy and difficult to develop. The few houses in existence were economically dependent on the 18th-century brickworks and two smock mills in the vicinity, both of which existed by 1831. Gradually, the town expanded to the east, and in the 1860s a church was proposed to serve the area, which had become known as East Worthing. The…

St George's Church has been praised for its architectural quality, especially in view of its relatively low cost of construction: the budget was set at £5,000 (equivalent to £}} in ). Unusually, it was built on a north–south alignment, so the geographical and ritual directions are different. The building is in the Decorated Gothic style with some Perpendicular Gothic elements, and is of Bargate stone rubble with courses of ashlar. The roof is covered with red tiles. The plan features a wide chancel and aisled nave, both of which have prominent apses at the geographical north end, a gable-roofed entrance porch leading to a narthex with hipped roofs, a small belfry topped with a stone…

St George's Church was listed at Grade C by English Heritage on 21 May 1976. (These totals have since changed because of new listings and delistings.) The parish covers the southeastern part of Worthing borough. Its boundaries are the railway line to the north, the border with Adur district to the east, the English Channel to the south and the High Street and Steyne to the west. Worship is in a Conservative Evangelical style in the Anglican tradition, mostly using the Common Worship series of worship materials. There is one service on Sunday, a service of morning worship and prayer. Holy Communion occurs once a month and on special occasions.