Royal Torbay Yacht Club

The Royal Torbay Yacht Club, likely originating as a house, was probably built in the 1840s with alterations in the 20th century. It is of group value. The building consists of a main block and a slightly set-back secondary block to the uphill side. The main block initially had a symmetrical three-bay facade. A moulded cornice sits below the parapet. The centre bay projects forward, featuring paired giant Doric pilasters that support an entablature. A central doorway has a pediment resting on consoles and contains a recessed pair of six-panel studded doors with an overlight. A tripartite sash window is positioned above the door, with 20th-century glazing. To the left of the entrance is a secondary door with a cornice. The left-hand bay has ground and first-floor tripartite sash windows; the ground-floor window is supported by elaborate moulded brackets holding a balustraded balcony for the first-floor window, which itself has richly-moulded consoles supporting a cornice. The right-hand bay has been altered and extended, featuring a plain tripartite ground-floor sash flanked by pilasters, a doorway alongside with paired pilasters, and a large first-floor canted oriel on brackets with consoles and a cornice, with 20th-century plate glass windows separated by a horizontal bar. The right-hand block is slightly set back and partly obscured by a 20th-century single-storey addition. There are two shallow projecting stacks, with shafts decorated with dentil moulding, that rise through the slate roof with lead rolls. Two tall round-headed ground floor windows are visible, featuring pilasters, moulded arches, and keystones. Internally, the entrance passage retains original cornices. The staircase has turned balusters. According to Ellis's historical survey, an illustration exists showing the left-hand block’s façade completed after the building opened in 1893 as the Torquay or Torbay Club.