Eastwood’s Crown Brewery

F.L. Carter

1898

Oil on Canvas

52.1 x 67.5 cm

John Eastwood’s impressive brewery in Northowram, Halifax, was bought by Bentley’s of Leeds in 1892 and was closed in 1900, not long after this picture was painted. Bentley’s was subsequently acquired by Whitbread in 1968 and cased to brew beer in 1972.