The hotel, which was also known as the Station Hotel previously, opened to guests in 1877, but had been empty for many years before the bulldozers moved in.
The site will be used as a temporary car park before long-term plans to develop the area are drawn up
5. Chesterfield Hotel
Once the site is completely cleared, Chesterfield Borough Council has granted planning permission to open a temporary car park with a total of 88 spaces at the Malkin Street location. Photo: Dean Atkins
6. Chesterfield Hotel
The building has stood empty for most of the past nearly seven years and many have described it as an ‘eyesore’. Photo: Dean Atkins
7. Chesterfield Hotel
Last summer, an outline planning application was submitted with proposals to erect two buildings at the site – one up to six storeys and another up to four storeys tall. Photo: Dean Atkins
8. Chesterfield Hotel
The views now extened to the Waterside office development Photo: Dean Atkins