A Hydro for young and old alike!

This attractive card dates from shortly after the building was extended by the architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin between 1903 and 1906; the towers were built at that time and the Goodwin family were running Rockside then. It was advertised as a high class pleasure resort for summer and winter, with resident Lady and Visiting Physicians. The Lady Physician was Dr. Marie Goodwin.

This is the view from what was the croquet lawn. "The grounds were originally laid out in the great tradition of the Victorian landscaped gardens and much of its arboreal splendour survived until the 1980s^[1]".
There is another picture of this lawn, laid out for croquet elsewhere on this website (you will need to scroll down the page).

Some of the Art Nouveau features can be seen in the building's interior today.

Rockside, the Former Matlock Hydro has more photographs of the twenty first century restoration.