Matlock County Hall: a building with a ‘thermal’ history. The East Wing of Matlock County Hall, a Grade II Listed building, is quite plain compared with the rest of the building, but the surprising feature of a chimney at one end indicates its unusual history. Dating from 1853, for over 100 years it was known as Smedley’s Hydro, where the rich and famous came to take the ‘water cure’ of various types of spa bath. The chimney i

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