Former Apple Factory / Evaporator Plant - 'Rat Tannery'

Constructed between 1850 and 1865, this stone building has housed a number of village industries during its history. Barrels of apples from the Flamborough area were exported to England and Europe, and the apples that remained were dried over burning sulphur in the evaporators which bleached and preserved them for winter use. No record of the builder's identity exists, but it was part of Shipman Cummins' holdings during the period of Millgrove's industrial growth.

The strange name associated with the barn has existed ever since resident Edward Sawell used the building to hand and tan pelts of local wildlife, especially muskrats which inhabited the swampy lands around the village.