Ruswarp Mill

Ruswarp Mill is a historic building on The Carrs in Ruswarp, a village in North Yorkshire, England. A mill in Ruswarp was recorded in the Domesday Book. The current watermill, on the River Esk, was built in 1752 for Nathaniel Cholmley, by Philip Williams. In 1911, it suffered a major fire, with the interior destroyed, but it was soon rebuilt. In both 1930 and 1931, it flooded, the water reaching the second floor, and a boat from Whitby Lifeboat Station was dragged overland to rescue people from the mill offices. The building was Grade II listed in 1954. The mill closed in 1989, and the building was then converted into flats. The mill is built of red brick, with floor bands, a dentilled eaves cornice, and a half-hipped slate roof. It has three storeys, fronts of six and three bays and lean-tos. The windows are sashes with stone heads and keystones. On the front is an inscribed and dated plaque in a shaped frame.

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