Revellers who used to frequent the Cavendish Street premises when it was Department nightclub or its predecessors Escapade and Zanzibar would love to see it reopen as a nightclub.
John Parker comments on the Derbyshire Times’ Facebook site: “Loved this place, please make it a nightclub again.” Catherine Pyatt posts: “We need it back into a club! Chesterfield nightlife needs it.”
Carol Howe writes: “Ice rink, trampoline, laser quest, anything apart from offices or car park.”
Originally opened as a cinema in the 1930s, the part vacant/part tenant building has a guide price of £350,000.
Homeware retailer Boyes holds the lease for the ground floor part of the property.
Bids are invited by SDL Property Auctions for the streamed auction on Thursday, April 28, 2022. The auction, which involves several properties around the country, will start at 10am.
Carol Howe writes: “Ice rink, trampoline, laser quest, anything apart from offices or car park.”
6. First nightclub
Zanzibar was the first nightclub to open in the Cavendish Street building, followed by Escapade and Department. This photo was taken in 1999. Photo: Chesterfield Borough Council/Chesterfield Museum
7. Homeware retailer
Boyes moved into the ground floor in 2014 and still holds the lease for that part of the building. Photo: Google