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But it took the enforced closure of the property to complete the job, and eight weeks of further restoration later, it is welcoming guests once more.
Neil McNair has restored the waterwheel at Low Mill Guest House, Bainbridge, Leyburn
This time it was the waterwheel itself that was the focus of attention, and in its renewed state is capable again of harnessing the River Bain – thought to be the shortest in Britain – to drive two millstones and the associated cogs and gears.
“It was last used to turn out animal feed, at a time when the production of other produce had been industrialised,” said Mr McNair, whose guest rooms all have working mill components as part of their architecture.
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