renewable heritage trust
North Yorkshire
In 2003 Howsham Mill was a ruin hidden in the trees on a small island in the
River Derwent, five miles downstream from Malton. The vision of the newly-formed
Renewable Heritage Trust (RHT) was to restore the building back to its Georgian
Gothic glory with a new use as an environmental education centre, generating
hydro-electricity from the waterwheel and two Archimedean Screw turbines. In
2006 the mill was the northern region finalist on the BBC Restoration Village
programme. A Rural Enterprise Scheme grant funded the rebuilding in 2007 of the
granary to become the kitchen and house electrical equipment
