The brewery site was bought in 1955 and the company is now part of the Lion Nathan conglomerate.

Bill Barton and his wife Nancy located the new brewery site.

The marketing and sales offices on the brewery site were completed in 1958.

The former brewery site is being developed into a gastronomic center including up-to-date bars, restaurants and beer places.

The brewery site was sold in 1988 with the final demolition of the building begun in the 1990s.

Outline planning permission has been given to redevelop the brewery site to include new offices and 200 new homes.

The brewery site was chosen for its Pennine spring which provided the ready water supply necessary for brewing.

In 2004 housing was built on the former brewery site.

There was no natural source of water on the brewery site and so water was supplied by the local water company.

For ten years the brewery site was on the market, and nobody showed much interest in it.