A NEW exhibition featuring the historic Gayle Mill near Hawes will open at the Dales Countryside Museum in the town next week.

Carol Tyler, a former artist in residence at the Mill, will be showing a collection of her work reflecting different aspects of the building, which was officially reopened early this year following a massive refurbishment.

The eighteenth century, Grade II* listed mill came third in the national final of the BBC TV ‘Restoration’ series in 2004 and was then the subject of a £1.1 million facelift. Other funding came from Yorkshire Forward, North Yorkshire County Council and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Gayle Mill Trust set up the Mill as an operating company to be a heritage attraction open to the public; a wood-product manufactory and timber services provider; a training and teaching venue and a net producer of green electricity with its water turbines.

Carol, who lives in Hawes, said: “The unifying aspect throughout all of my work is a love of light and atmosphere coupled with a minimalist sense of form and structure. Experience is of paramount importance in my work and I need to be physically involved with the source of my imagery.”

Alongside her paintings and prints will be some of the work of other artists who have been involved with the mill.

There will be chainsaw sculptures from Andris Bergs and selections of photographs from Richard Ross and Peter Burrage. Tony Routh, the last apprentice at the mill in the 1960s, will provide his stories and memories of working in the building.

The exhibition opens on June 28 will run to July 17.