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It is very hard to find out water mill and water mill house installed nearby a streamlet to use water to polish cereals by pounding like a visage of its old days. It plays an important part in folkloric, hydrographical and architectural aspects as important folklore material in Korea. The purpose of this study is to analyse the folkloric, hydrographical and architectural features of water-mill and water-mill house itself so that to find the way how to build and fabricate the materials and frame members. Therefore this study has been focused on the composition principle and fabrication method of water mill and water millhouse on the side of architecture.