Rievaulx Mill and Cartshed is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1955. Watermill. 1 related planning application.

Rievaulx Mill and Cartshed

WRENN ID
leaning-bracket-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1955
Type
Watermill
Address
Rievaulx Mill and Cartshed, Main Street, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 575 851
Coordinates
54.25882, -1.11808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rievaulx Mill and Cartshed is a watermill and cartshed built in the late 18th century, with 19th-century additions. It features sandstone ashlar, limestone ashlar, and limestone rubble, topped with a pantile roof. The building has an L-shaped plan, with the cartshed projecting forward on the left side. The mill is three storeys high, with the second floor being an addition, and there is a later one-storey extension to the left.

The main section of the mill includes a pitching door and a window on the first floor. To the left, there is a round-headed board door beneath a stone arch, along with three uneven window openings—two slatted and one glazed—under herringbone-tooled stone lintels. Notably, there is a row of 14th-century corbels from Rievaulx Abbey located between the ground and first floors. On the first floor, there is a board pitching door and a slatted casement, while the second floor features two 2-light Yorkshire sash windows. The extension to the left has two board doors, an unglazed circular window in a two-part stone frame, and a section of a 14th-century frieze from Rievaulx Abbey on the far left.

The cartshed is a single storey with two bays, divided by a massive timber post, and the mill has gable coping. Inside, there is a large waterwheel located at the right end of the mill.

Local climate

Rievaulx Mill and Cartshed receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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