By Julian Whittle

Last updated 11:20, Monday, 17 March 2008

ANOTHER Carlisle night-life venue is at risk of closure.

Big name: Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty meets fans outside The Brickyard

The company which owns the Brickyard in Fisher Street is facing winding-up proceedings in the High Court.

HM Customs & Revenue is behind the application against Music Corporation Ltd.

The case is due to be heard in Bristol on April 2.

In the meantime, the company’s bank account has been frozen and it will not be able to draw cheques to pay staff or settle other bills.

The firm can, however, apply for a court order to unfreeze its accounts for the payment of certain expenses.

Music Corporation’s only director is Garry Kerr, 49, of Brunton Crescent, Carlisle.

Neither he nor company secretary Gillian Harris, 60, of Thomas Close, Penrith, could be contacted over the weekend.

The firm’s latest accounts filed at Companies House show net debts of £57,874.

If the Brickyard is forced to close, it will be the latest in a series of Carlisle bars, clubs and restaurants to fold.

Casualties since the start of the year include Leonardo’s in Lonsdale Street, the Lemon Lounge in Fisher Street, Liquid in West Walls and Baby Love in Botchergate.

Cassa in Botchergate also shut, only to reopen under new management, while the closure of Yates’s Wine Lodge nearby has been announced.

Mr Kerr launched the Brickyard in 2002 as an alternative music venue in what used to be the Richmond.

It was described at the time as a “joint venture” between Mr Kerr, venue manager Andy McCormack and Jackson’s licensee Paul Forsyth.

Mr Kerr, however, is now the only director of parent company Music Corporation.

Big-name bands have played there including Half Man Half Biscuit, the Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles, the Fratellis, Kasabian and the Zutons.

The venue has an in-house recording studio used by up-and-coming local bands.