28) Halifax
Originally Irvings seed merchants, many older residents of the town remember it as a place where you could buy yeast and flour to make your own bread. Plans were originally submitted in 1922.
29) The site of the King and Miller
Rebuilt in 1924 for the Chesterfield Brewery. Demolished early 1967 to make way for Littlewoods
30) Queen’s Head Hotel and Service Motors
Designed by Wilcockson & Cutts for the Home Brewery. Opened in 1926
31) These are the only original buildings left on the north side of Knifesmithgate. They were part of St George’s Works, which housed T P Wood’s bottling plant. Originally they had a brick finish; the black and white decoration was possibly added in 1954, when the works were altered to provide a new furnishing and electrical department for the Co-operative.
32) The site was occupied by Chesterfield (later the Midland) Co-operative Society) from 1938 until 2013.The most familiar black and white building in the town.
33) The Golden Fleece
The licence was originally held by the Three Horseshoes which stood near the bottom of the yard which ran from the High Street to the new Knifesmithgate extension. In 1923 Gilmours sought planning permission to alter the Three Horseshoes and to build two shops (numbers 34 and 35) on Knifesmithgate. In 1939 the Three Horseshoes was demolished and the Golden Fleece built alongside the two shops
34) Frank Yates
Currently an empty shop
35) Currently an empty shop
36) Baby House / Timpsons / Chocolate by Design / Stitch Express
Row of four shops
37) Nobles Amusements
Originally this was Packers Lane Vaults. It was probably rebuilt when Packers Row was widened and, when the Three Horseshoes was demolished, the Packers Row Vaults was renamed the Three Horseshoes, which closed in 1969, and then the building was occupied by the Leeds Permanent Building Society.
38) Oxfam
Site of Swallows department store, which occupied the eastern side of Packers Row. It acquired its black and white façade when it was rebuilt in 1930. The store closed in 1970 and the site was redeveloped.
39) The Victoria Complex
The Victoria complex originally housed a bank, shops and a large billiard hall on the ground floor. Above were a cinema; café and a ballroom. There was a smaller room where billiard demonstrations were given, most probably by Joe Davis, a protégé of the owner Ernest Rudge. Designed by the local architects Jackson and Fryer, it is an Arts and Crafts building of the highest quality and arguably the most important black and white building in the town. Started in 1923 the complex was completed in 1930. There are faces at the top of each column.
40) Three storey shop, originally Greaves furniture store.
41) J Nails and Beauty
The first of the parade to be built for R J Stokes, paint manufacturer; the only one with a wooden finish to the pillars, it also has a slightly lower roofline. Also by Jackson and Fryer; planning permission received 1923. Unfortunately the windows have been replaced but their design is similar to that of the originals.
42) Currently an empty shop
Originally built by Chesterfield Borough Council as the Gas Board Showrooms. This was the second of the parade to be built. It has the most ornate windows in the range. Again by Jackson and Fryer it was opened in 1925.
43) The Victoria
Originally the King’s Head. Designed by Wilcockson and Cutts for Brampton Brewery, it has the trade mark Health and Strength and a king’s head instead of the faces at the top of the pillars. Until it was rebuilt in 1926 the building was further forward.
44) Milano’s Pizza & Curry