Salamandra Tower

The basement area is a few feet below ground surface and contains four vaulted cellars. Access is via an external door and also by mural stair from the kitchen. There is a well in one corner of the wall leading to a fresh-water aquifer under the sea floor; a well-known dowser was brought in from Italy to find this unusual source of fresh water.

The first floor kitchen is still in use as such, but is now ancillary to the bar service in the great hall on the floor above; the dining room is now used as a reception area, with the porter's lodge as a cloak room, and the parlor as the main office for the club.

What was grandiosely called the Great Hall is now a saloon bar, with the bar itself running along the lower side next to the snug and a small dining area along the upper side by the alcoved windows. The drawing room is a small private bar where high-stakes poker is played. An arcade forms a small lobby with access to the poker room, the main spiral staircase, and the card room (pinochle, bridge, and the like). The portcullis is operated from a small mural chamber.

The solar is now the principal meeting room for the executives of the yacht club, where important matters involving membership, finances, etc. are discussed. The master bedroom is now a private parlor, and the two small bedrooms are respectively the archive room and the trophy room. The bathroom has been converted into a sauna for the more hedonistic members!

The garret floor is the main office area for the yacht club -- the central main office, two small archive rooms, two clerical offices, and the chief executive's office in the tower wing. Access to the two parapet walks is at this level.