Walberton House

Walberton, near Arundel

West Sussex

England

Start Date: 1817

Completion Date: 1818

Status: Fully Extant

House Open to Public: No

Country House: Yes

Built / Designed For: Robert Prime

Comments: Walberton is considered one of the best Regency country houses in Sussex.
Architect: Robert Smirke

Date of Birth: 1780
Date of Death: 1867
Nationality: British
Notes: Smirke was a successful and fashionable Tory architect most famous today for his design for The British Museum.

Date: 1817
Designed: House for Robert Prime

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John Bernard (J.B.) Burke, published under the title of A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, among other titles: Vol. II, p. 21, 1853.
House Listed: Grade II*

Park Listed: Not Listed
Past Seat / Home of: Robert Prime, 19th century.

Current Ownership Type: Corporation

Primary Current Ownership Use: Hospital / Care Home / Recovery Center

Ownership Details: Owned by Prestige Group and used as a retirement home.
House Open to Public: No
Historic Houses Member: No

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