Former Smedley's Hydropathic (County Council Offices) is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1972. A C19 Hydropathic establishment, council offices. 8 related planning applications.
Former Smedley's Hydropathic (County Council Offices)
- WRENN ID
- south-flagstone-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 October 1972
- Type
- Hydropathic establishment, council offices
- Address
- Former Smedley's Hydropathic (County Council Offices), Smedley Street, Matlock Town, DE4 3AG
- OS grid reference
- SK 300 606
- Coordinates
- 53.1426, -1.55176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Smedley's Hydropathic, now County Council Offices, was originally built in 1867. It is a stone building with four storeys and eleven windows that are fitted with modern sashes. The design features sill bands and castellated parapets. On the south side, there is a later single-storey addition that includes four circular windows. An additional four-storey wing on the east side, added around 1885 by George Statham of Nottingham, has a tower on the left-hand side with a square mansard roof topped by iron cresting and a corona. Much of the original interior has been preserved. This building is part of a large and complex structure with many later additions and alterations, prominently located high above the town.
Local climate
Former Smedley's Hydropathic (County Council Offices) receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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