41 remarkable photos show inside abandoned buildings and iconic …
These are some of the derelict and demolished buildings across the area. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Lost Places & Forgotten Faces[1] is an urban explorer who has visited a number of derelict and demolished sites across the county – from old pubs, hotels and factories to the rail tunnel that still stands under the streets of Chesterfield.
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These 41 pictures showcase some of the most prominent abandoned sites that Chesterfield and Derbyshire have to offer – can you spot anywhere that you recognise?
The Chesterfield Hotel, formerly the Station Hotel, opened in 1877 on Malkin Street – a stones throw away from Chesterfield Railway Station. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Known for most of its life as the Station Hotel, it was renamed the Chesterfield Hotel in the 1980s. At that time, it was also extended to accommodate 73 bedrooms, a swimming pool, a gym and a large car park. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Sadly, it closed in 2015 after the company that owned the hotel went bust. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The hotel remained derelict until early 2022, when plans by Chesterfield Borough Council to demolish the hotel, turning the site into a car park, were approved. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Hasland House was originally two small cottages built in the 18th-century, and at some point they were knocked through to create a large cottage with three bedrooms and reception rooms. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The Chesterfield property was vacated in the mid-2000s and quickly fell into a state of disrepair. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Vandals wrecked the inside of the property, whilst thieves looted anything of value. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The Telmere Lodge was a public house situated in Hasland. The pub originally opened in 1981, and before that it was a large house built for the manger of Grassmoor Colliery, which closed in 1950. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
In the 1990’s, it was renamed Winsick Arms and was run by the Owen family. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
In the early 2000s, the Winsick Arms closed for around five years, before the pub was reopened and renamed the Telmere Lodge (then just The Lodge as it was known in its latter years).
Sadly, even with an iconic Alice In Wonderland theme, the pub struggled financially, closing its doors permanently in 2017. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The old playground to the rear of the venue certainly became a creepy sight after the building had been abandoned. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Avenue Villa, located close to Old Whittington area, is set on 0.94 acres of land and contains two large, stunning, modern build houses. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The previous residents of both dwellings were of the same family, and worked for their family-run shoe making business. They lived in both homes, creating one large site. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
They vacated the properties in early 2018, and the site was up for sale with estate agents Blundells at a guide price of £475,000. Shortly after this, it quickly became ransacked and badly vandalised (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Cottage Hill Farm is a 19th century Chesterfield farmhouse and outbuildings. Once located in rural settings, the property is now surrounded by a built-up area. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The farm was last occupied by the Needham family – Frank Needham, a farmer, and his wife Shirley. After his wife passed away, Frank retired in 2013. The farm was sealed up, with most of the family’s belongings inside, including a number of very old vintage items and a player piano from the 1920’s. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Frank sadly died in April 2019, aged 82. The farm now stands dormant, is regularly frequented by vandals, and has been badly trashed and ransacked. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Lost Places & Forgotten Faces said: “It was so unbelievably sad to see a place like this fall into such a state.” (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Duckmanton Lodge dates back to 1841, originally built for local iron works owner Benjamin Smith. A decade later, it was occupied by Pastor John Bennett, before changing hands again numerous times. In 1881, it was then owned by A. William Byron, before being sold in 1919 for £2,000. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The Lodge served as a pub and restaurant to the residents of Calow, and supported local sporting events with its football pitch, changing rooms and a shower. After local trade declined, Duckmanton Lodge closed in 2006 and was boarded up. However, vandals and thieves quickly had their way with the building, resulting in a lack of buyer interest. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Located in very rural settings on the outskirts of Matlock lies the decaying remains of a once productive and successful family-run dairy farm. Built in 1859 according to the date stone on the entrance, it was run and occupied by farmer Sam Raines and his wife. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Sadly, as life continues to tick forward, the Raines retired and production on their farm stopped. They continued to live there until Mr Raines’ wife passed away in 2012, and he sadly died in 2014. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The site has very quickly deteriorated, and the farm is now occupied by approximately six stray cats. Some live in the barn and outbuildings, whilst the others have accommodated the main house. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Originally part of the larger Cawdor Quarry complex, Permanite Asphalt in Matlock was incorporated in 1989 and manufactured various asphalt products, mainly flooring blocks used to waterproof floors and roofing sheets. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
In 2009, Permanite Asphalt relocated to Grangemill, becoming known as Ruberoid, which is part of the IKO Group. The companies website states that they dissolved in September 2016. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
In 2018, developers Groveholt Ltd submitted plans for 586 houses in total for the ‘Matlock Spa’ development – with 468 of the homes to be built on the brownfield sites of Cawdor quarry and the former Permanite works. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The Permanite site remains abandoned today. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Realstone Ltd was a natural stone supplier operating close to Bolehill Quarry in the Wingerworth area. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The company was incorporated in October 1998 and was involved in the cutting, shaping and finishing of ornamental stone. It was one of the largest suppliers of natural stone in the UK and had three sites in total – its 25-acre headquarters in Chesterfield, along with works in Glasgow and Penrith. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
After a period of sustained trading losses and sales underperformance, Realstone went into administration on 18th May 2016 when it became apparent that it would not be possible to sell the business as a going concern. Its assets were then bought up by Grants of Shoreditch and all 35 employees were made redundant by early July. The site has been empty since and has suffered at the hands of metal thieves and arsonists. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Hunger Hill Pumping Station can be found hidden away deep within Corporation Wood, Chesterfield. It was constructed in 1924 to supply drinking water, and contains two old boreholes which are still overflowing under natural artesian pressure. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The stone-built single room building has a stone above the door with “CCWW 1924” carved in it, which stands for Chesterfield Council Water Works. The pumping station was decommissioned in the 1970s and has fallen into a state of disrepair. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
There are rumours that Hunger Hill Pumping Station is notorious locally for many satanic rituals that once took place there after its closure, as well as stories of a hooded figure that haunts an area of the river known as the ‘black pool’. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Chesterfield Tunnel was situated just south of the old Chesterfield Central Station. The Manchester Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) arrived in Chesterfield in June 1892 with the Central Station on the so-called ‘Chesterfield loop’; an extension of north-south Great Central Railway line between Nottingham and Sheffield route that by-passed Staveley.
On departing Chesterfield Central towards Nottingham the line passed immediately through the straight tunnel of 474 yards in length, which then emerged from under Hollis Lane. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Although passenger services were suspended in June 1963, the tunnel continued to serve Hydes Siding until January 1964. However, the tunnel’s northern portal and 25 yards of brickwork were cut back to accommodate Chesterfield’s new Inner Relief Road in 1984. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
The disused tunnel has suffered over the years without effective drainage and is prone to flooding, which has reached several feet on occasions. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
There are a number of vacant and derelict dwellings scattered up and down Chatsworth Road in the Brampton area. Most of the houses are 20th century century red-brick, and some have been left empty for a lot longer than others. Most have been left due to their severe structural damage, and the struggle to demolish them on a busy road and with adjoining retail units. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Some of the derelict houses on Chatsworth Road hit the local news in 2016 when they were tagged by graffiti artist The Urban Badger, who added a number of thought-provoking designs to the front of the dwellings. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
Sadly, on Boxing Day 2017, the body of a homeless man, named as 41-year-old David Fuller, was found in a derelict house on Chatsworth Road. The property had been empty for a number of years. (Photo: Lost Places & Forgotten Faces)
References
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