Abbey Mill and Attached Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. Mill, cottage.

Abbey Mill and Attached Cottage

WRENN ID
half-steel-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Type
Mill, cottage
Address
Abbey Mill and Attached Cottage, Rosedale East Side, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 724 958
Coordinates
54.35294, -0.88738
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abbey Mill and the attached cottage, located in Rosedale Abbey, are a cornmill and cottage that are currently used for storage. The mill was rebuilt in 1853, replacing an earlier structure, and the cottage was partly rebuilt around 1982. The 19th-century rebuilding was carried out by George Wilson. The mill features hammer-dressed sandstone, incorporating some herringbone-tooled sandstone, and has a pantile roof, while the cottage has a concrete pantile roof.

The mill is designed as a bridge-type mill with a high breast wheel and consists of two storeys and an attic, presenting a two-window front. The attached cottage, located to the right, has a single-storey, four-bay front. The mill has a plank stable door to the right, a two-light window opening to the left of the door, and two shuttered openings further left, with the end one serving as an inspection hole for the wheel chamber. There is a two-light window on the first floor to the right, with a smaller square opening to the left, and two small square shuttered openings in the attic. The door and window lintels are vertically tooled, with the door lintel featuring an untooled shaped panel inscribed with "GEORGE WILSON 1853," and above it, a reset datestone reading "FC 1667." The mill has coped gables and shaped kneelers, with a stack at the left end.

At the rear, there is a blocked wheel chamber opening to the right, situated between the ground and first floors, and a board lifting door to the left leading to the first floor. Both floors on the left end have two-light, 12-pane horizontal-sliding sashes, and the attic has two square shuttered openings. The cottage features a panelled door to the right of centre and two large-pane horizontal-sliding sashes, all with renewed lintels and sills. The cottage also has a coped gable to the right and an end stack on the right.

Local climate

Abbey Mill and Attached Cottage receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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