Yacht Stores/Sail Loft (Now Sail and Steam Workshop)

The building is a yacht store and sail loft, now functioning as the Sail and Steam Workshop. It dates from the 19th century and features a timber frame with weatherboarding and a grey slate roof, complete with finials on the gables. The structure is two storeys tall. On the west side, there are three vertically boarded doors on both the first and ground floors, along with double doors on the north side. The east side has two single vertically boarded doors and two double vertically boarded doors on the first floor, with similar doors on the ground floor and a vertically boarded door to the north. There are also two openings in the gable ends on the first floor and a 20th-century single-storey extension to the north.

Brightlingsea, as a limb of the Cinque Port of Sandwich, has historically derived much of its wealth from the sea, with oyster dredging and cultivation documented since early times. The primary 18th-century industry necessitated packing sheds and boats. Disused oyster pits are located to the east of this building, and fishing smacks were constructed in Brightlingsea. Sprats were caught using stowboats, which are smacks equipped with a long open bag net, with the fish carried in by the tide. Copperas was collected through dredging. The early to mid-19th century saw a resurgence in yacht racing, cruising, and building, which brought renewed prosperity to the town, although only a few buildings associated with these industries remain.