Zetland Hotel

The seaside resort of Saltburn was developed by Henry Pease who was a director of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

In order to transport the raw materials and final products of this industry the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company was formed and both Henry and Joseph Pease were on the board of trustees.

Henry Pease realised that the area above the hamlet of Saltburn had great potential as a resort for the moneyed and titled as well as providing goods and services and homes for mineworkers.

The Saltburn Improvement Company laid down a number of stipulations relating to public buildings had to be faced with white firebricks purchased from the Pease West Brickworks in County Durham.

The railway was extended to Saltburn not only to bring trade and business to the area but to collect ironstone from the local mines.

However Pease was a pragmatic man and there were harder economic reasons for developing this stretch of the Cleveland coast.

A glass canopy from the station platform to the rear entrance of the hotel had to be constructed to protect the guests from the elements.