Wylam Brewery finds a home in a palace
By: JimOldfield
July 7th, 2016
Newcastle’s Wylam Brewery has a fabulous new home, after completion of the £1.8m restoration of the iconic former Palace of Arts in the city. After a decade of dereliction, the palace is now fully operational as a brewery, bar, kitchen and events hall which hosts live music, weddings and events.
The stunning former palace that is now home to Wylam Brewery.
The palace is the last remaining building from the 1929 North East Coast Exhibition – a project from the start of the Depression, to promote heavy industry. It was opened in the May by the (then) Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) in what is now Newcastle’s Exhibition Park and when it closed in the October, more than 4m people had paraded through, at an average of 30,000 visitors per day.
The Great Hall is a masterpiece.
Wylam moved in after reaching full capacity at its previous home at Heddon-on-the-Wall, with directors Rob Cameron, Dave Stone and Matt Boyle seeking a new base to advance their ambitious growth plans.
After navigating change of use and a huge refurb project, the stunning brewery is now up and running, among other things offering tours to visitors on a Saturday – with the chance to sample five brews!
Alongside the brewery itself is a Brewery Tap, which is open to the public Thursdays to Saturdays and Bank Holiday Sundays.
Rob said: “When we heard the site was potentially available we knew we couldn’t let the opportunity to make it the new home of Wylam Brewery go past.
“We were literally going to bring brewing back to Newcastle city centre which was a very exciting prospect.”
Visit the Wylam Brewery website
