Brixham was equipped with a motor lifeboat in 1922 which could cover a larger sea area in more extreme conditions.

Changes in the shape of the beach at the Ladies Bathing Cove were also making it difficult to launch the lifeboat, so on 31 March 1923 the station was closed[1] The boathouse was later used as a café but was demolished in 1975.

[2] The managing director of local shipping company Whiteways and Ball presented the Torquay Harbour Lifesaving Boat to the RNLI in 1917 on the understanding that it would be kept operational even if the lifeboat station at the Ladies Bathing Cove closed.

[2] The boathouse was built in a decorative style at the back of the Ladies Bathing Cove under the cliff.

On the long side of the building nearest the sea was a large shelter with three dormer windows above.