Architect Robert Rippon Duke was commissioned to design a hospital to rival Bath's and Harrogate's facilities for charity medical care.
The stables on the ground floor were converted into hospital rooms by 1882. Included in Rippon Duke's design was the world's largest unsupported dome with a diameter of 44 metres, now known as the Devonshire Dome.
In the hospital were 300 hospital beds "for the relief of the poor". By 1882 the hospital had its own baths building in George Street, although these were closed in 1914 when new mineral baths were built on the hospital site
King Edward and Princess Mary visited the hospital over the years and nurse Vera Brittain trained as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse here in 1915, caring for soldiers wounded during World War I.
More than 5,000 soldiers were treated in Buxton during the war.
The Devonshire Royal Hospital was the last of the eight hydropathic hospitals in England to close, in 2000
In 1934 the establishment was give permission by King George V to become known as the Devonshire Royal Hospital
The pictures are from the Buxton Museum and Art Galley collection, owned by Derbyshire County Council which was shared with the Advertiser.
5. Leurodesant lamp
The Leucodescent lamp used for applying light and heat rays consists of a large metal polished reflector, into which is fixed an electric carbon filemant lamp giving a light of 500 or more candle-power as well as heat rays. The lampholder is supended by a cord and counter-weight working over a pulley fixed on a bracket or by an automatic swinging apparatus. Photo Dcc Buxton Museum Photo: DCC Buxton Museum
6. Underground
Subway to the former Devonshire Royal Hospital. Photo Dcc Buxton Museum Photo: DCC Buxton Museum
7. Thermal baths
A patient taking a thermal bath at the former hospital in the Devonshire Dome. Photo DCC Buxton Museum Photo: DCC Buxton Museum
8. Huge crowds
Huge crowds gather outside the Devonshire Royal Hospital. Photo DCC Buxton Museum Photo: DCC Buxton Museum