The Brewery Arts Centre opened its doors in 1972, when the premises was converted from the old Vaux Brewery, hence the name. Whitwell, Mark and Co ("The House of Whitwell") established a wine business on this site in 1757, with cellars said to hold over 40,000 gallons of wine and in 1853, the company built a new ale brewery in the garden of the Georgian town house that still fronts the Brewery on Highgate. By 1900 Whitwell Marks' Kendal was one of the town's largest employers and best known industries. In 1946 the firm was taken over by Vaux Breweries ....click for more....