Crown House

Crown House is a Grade II* listed detached two-storey building located at 57 Marina in St Leonards on Sea. It was designed by James Burton and completed in 1828. The building was renamed Victoria House after Princess Victoria and the Duchess of Kent stayed here between 1834 and 1835. It has recently undergone restoration.

The exterior features painted stucco. On the ground floor, there is a central recessed door flanked by three-light sash windows set in slightly recessed segmental headed panels, separated by four wide panelled piers. The first floor showcases four pairs of coupled, fluted Ionic columns that support an entablature with a wide cornice and a parapet featuring a pedimented centre. This colonnade creates a verandah, which is adorned with a delicate wrought iron railing in front of a tall central sash window, complemented by flanking canted bay windows with paired pilasters in between. Crown House is part of James Burton's design for St Leonards.

Crown House is grouped with several other notable buildings, including Nos 36 to 44 and No 40A (Eastern Colonnade), Royal Victoria Hotel, and Nos 48 to 53 (Western Colonnade), with Nos 60, 61, and 62 being of local interest only.