Description and History of Site:-
Three storeys stone and pantile. Wheel 18 over-shot. Had silk for further refining stone ground flour. Probably not the Abbey Mill. Top storey has been added. The enrance has a semi-circular doorway like Bransdale. In front elevation six carved corbels presumably from the Abbey. Main (lower) structure in hammer faced stone. Lintels sills quoins (which are very long) and top course of lower storey in herringbone tooling. The top storey is in rougher finished stone with thick mortar joints and small quoins and wooden lintels. Three bays. Two badly decayed composite stones at the rear of the building. One solid stone acts as back door step/ Three old stones in front of front door. Fed by springs in hillside At west small extension in larger rougher stone. Herringbone tooled gable stones have now been raised to gable height. The mill became disused in 1961 and is now converted into a house but retains its waterwheel, pit wheel, two laying shafts and sack hoist.

Further Reading and References:-
YAS - Hatcher Card Index. Research funded by the Yorkshire Arts Association 1972
Hatcher J, The Industrial Architecture of Yorkshire, Phillmore, 1985
Harrison. J.K. 2001. Eight Centuries of Milling in North East Yorkshire. North Yorkshire Moors National Park p234.

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Key Words :- corn watermill

Viewing the Site :- Can be viewed from the public road or footpath

Address :- Rievaulx, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
Grid Ref :- SE 57550 85151
Co-ordinates :- Lat 54.258801 , Long -1.118065
Local Authority :- Ryedale District Council
Pre 1974 County :- Yorkshire - North Riding
Site Status :- Listed - Grade II
Historic England List No - 1149250,
Site Condition :- Site refurbished to residential housing
Site Dates :- - 1961
Record Date :- 5 June 2015

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