2021

SX9163 : Harbour Point, Victoria Parade, Torquay

taken 3 years ago, near to Torquay, Torbay, England

Harbour Point, Victoria Parade, Torquay
Harbour Point, Victoria Parade, Torquay
The blue plaque reads "THE ROTARY CLUB OF TORQUAY met for the first time on September 13th 1920, at the St. James Restaurant on this site Erected to mark the centenary of Rotary International 1905-2005 'Service Above Self'". The first reference I can find to the site is in Kelly's in 1919 that lists it as a restaurant run by Haarer & Son. BY 1923 a C E Haarer had the St James Hotel here. I suspect this 1920s building was erected as the hotel between 1921 and 1923 as the plaque infers the restaurant was not in this building. A ballroom was added in 1929 and it was still a hotel in 1939 but owned by James Whitwell (Torquay Ltd) whose office shared the premises. It was a billet for the RAF Air Sea Rescue in WWII and then sold in 1946. Soon after and by 1948 it was St James Chambers and 7 flats. The '400 ballroom' was renovated in 1975 as an entertainments centre, then around 1987 it became the Ritzy nightclub. It has subsequently had a number of names including 400 Club, Route 66, 5th Avenue, Bed (opening 3 times only), Pure and Play each open for only about six weeks and Warriors Boxing Venue, then after a £250k refurbishment in March 2020 it became The Quay Nightclub.

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SX9163, 1922 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jo and Steve Turner   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 26 August, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 30 September, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SX 9187 6328 [10m precision]
WGS84: 50:27.5612N 3:31.4814W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SX 9185 6328
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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