Britannia Royal Naval College

Designed as a new school for the teaching of navy cadets the building replaced the previous training college - HMS Britannia and HMS Hindostan, two ships which had been based on the River Dart.

The site sits 55m above sea level and slopes steeply down to the River Dart, both to the south and to the east. Sir Aston Webb accommodated the slope by the use of stairs and terraces, the main corridor is level but at the eastern end there is a short flight of steps down to the level of the chapel and two short flights at the western end, leading up to the dining room. The slope to the south has resulted in the building of a series of terraces.

The exterior of the building is finished in Portland stone, red brick and Cornish slate. The walls of the terrace are of Torquay limestone and topped with parapets of Cornish granite.

Internally, glazed bricks run the length of the main corridor and some of the stairways leading off this corridor. The main passageways are a delicate shade of green and those on the stairs a rich, deep brown.

The dining hall has oak panelling throughout while the floors and staircases of the rest of the buildings are of concrete covered with teak and pitch pine. The chapel uses a combination of marble and brick to decorate the walls and floors.