The Andrews Pages Images Index> Matlock Bath, 20th and 21stC Images> This page Matlock Bath : Cat Tor, 1913 Matlock Bath, Twentieth Century Images   20th & 21st C Images Next Image Previous Image Similar/related views Matlock Bath from Cat Tor General View from The Heights of Abraham River Derwent from Lovers Walk, 1926 New Bath Hotel The Royal Hotel More Matlock Bath Pictures 18th & 19thC "Just" Images Matlock Bath General Info About Matlock Bath Find a Name "Nearly opposite Saxton's hotel, a broken rock, fringed with light foliage, rises majestically out of a group of trees that adorns its base : its topmost pinnacle is denominated Wild Cat Tor, and from its craggy summit a noble landscape is displayed". Ebenezer Rhodes, writing in "Peak Scenery"1 nearly one hundred years before this photograph was taken, thus describes the magnificent limestone Tor in the southern part of Matlock Bath. Wild Cat Tor is now known as Cat Tor and Saxton's Hotel has become The New Bath. Bottom left can be seen the Royal Hotel, that was later burned down. It stood on land where the Old Bath had been in Rhodes time. The Royal Hotel was destroyed in two parts. Although the front of the hotel was destroyed by a disastrous fire on 1st April 1929, the section with the three dormer windows in the roof lasted until the 1950's. By then it had become very dilapidated. Behind the Royal Hotel is Holy Trinity Church and tucked up amongst the trees on the hillside on the right is the Old Pavilion. Postcard of the Old Pavilion & Royal Hotel Portland House and the mews behind are almost mid picture, with what was Walker's Hotel just behind it. This building is now part of the New Bath Hotel. The New Bath is the furthest building away from the photographer, visible just above the Old Pavilion. There is more on site information about Cat Tor: Gem of the Peak, 1840. See The Southern end of the Dale There are pictures of the Old Bath Hotel, which preceded the Royal Hotel, in the 19th century section of images The photograph taken by Calitta M. Tinti (née Whittaker) of Matlock Bath. Posted 11 Jun 1913 in Beeston by Florrie and sent to a Miss Florrie Saxby who lived at Meadows. Card published by Davidson Bros, "Real Photographic Series", London and New York. Postcard in the collection of, provided by and © Ann Andrews Intended for personal use only References: 1 Rhodes, Ebenezer (1824) "Peak Scenery" pub. London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, p.250 © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). All Rights Reserved. Last Update: 30 May, 2008 About and Conditions of Use | Site Map, Matlock | Part of The Andrews Pages - www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com