 Notable losses included the town's Theatre Royal, the Old Town Hall, dating from 1834, medieval Offington Hall, the mansion at Charmandean, a medieval fig garden in Tarring and dozens of Victorian villas throughout the town.In the late 20th century, Worthing had a significant motor industry.In 1979, Octav Botnar founded Datsun UK, later Nissan UK, in the West Durrington area of the town.