I have to be honest, when I was first contacted to do a commission drawing of Howsham Mill near Malton North Yorkshire I was totally unaware of its existence. I soon learned that this fine old building was one of the contestants in the BBC television Restoration Village programme and my commission was to be used to produce postcards and other merchandise to promote the bid to win the show. So off I went sketch book in hand to discover it for myself. I was amazed to find the building over grown and in disrepair in the middle of quite a dense woodland, It was beautiful, how could such a marvelous piece of British architecture not be preserved for future generations. I had to do my very small part to help.The drawing of the mill on the Commissions page is the result of this trip into the wilderness.