Gawith's have only ever moved factory twice in their long history. The company operated from the original factory on Lowther Street until 1993, when it moved to a more modern unit on the other side of Kendal. Then in 2025 they moved to a new premises just down the road

Quakers owned many of the prominent industrial building and companies in Kendal. In 1780 a group of Quakers set up a dispensary in Lowther Street, treating thousands of people over the years. The dispensary at Lowther Street was open from 1783 until 1855