diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamTests.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamTests.cs
index 214248910..dc8c2d96a 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamTests.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileStreamTests.cs
@@ -57,5 +57,22 @@ public void MockFileStream_Constructor_Reading_Nonexistent_File_Throws_Exception
 
             // Assert - expect an exception
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MockFileStream_Constructor_ReadTypeNotWritable()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var filePath = @"C:\test.txt";
+            var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem(new Dictionary<string, MockFileData>
+            {
+                { filePath, new MockFileData("hi") }
+            });
+
+            // Act
+            var stream = new MockFileStream(fileSystem, filePath, MockFileStream.StreamType.READ);
+
+            Assert.IsFalse(stream.CanWrite);
+            Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => stream.WriteByte(1));
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileTests.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileTests.cs
index 86174dcaf..2468c9824 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileTests.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers.Tests/MockFileTests.cs
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ public void MockFile_OpenWrite_ShouldCreateNewFiles() {
             string filePath = XFS.Path(@"c:\something\demo.txt");
             string fileContent = "this is some content";
             var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem();
+            fileSystem.AddDirectory(XFS.Path(@"c:\something"));
 
             var bytes = new UTF8Encoding(true).GetBytes(fileContent);
             var stream = fileSystem.File.OpenWrite(filePath);
@@ -423,6 +424,15 @@ public void MockFile_OpenWrite_ShouldCreateNewFiles() {
             Assert.That(fileSystem.GetFile(filePath).TextContents, Is.EqualTo(fileContent));
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void MockFile_OpenWrite_ShouldNotCreateFolders()
+        {
+            string filePath = XFS.Path(@"c:\something\demo.txt"); // c:\something does not exist: OpenWrite should fail
+            var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem();
+
+            Assert.Throws<DirectoryNotFoundException>(() => fileSystem.File.OpenWrite(filePath));
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void MockFile_OpenWrite_ShouldOverwriteExistingFiles()
         {
@@ -667,6 +677,26 @@ public void MockFile_Replace_ShouldThrowIfDestinationFileDoesNotExist()
 
             Assert.Throws<FileNotFoundException>(() => fileSystem.File.Replace(path1, path2, null));
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void MockFile_OpenRead_ShouldReturnReadOnlyStream()
+        {
+            // Tests issue #230
+            // Arrange
+            string filePath = XFS.Path(@"c:\something\demo.txt");
+            string startContent = "hi there";
+            var fileSystem = new MockFileSystem(new Dictionary<string, MockFileData>
+            {
+                { filePath, new MockFileData(startContent) }
+            });
+
+            // Act
+            var stream = fileSystem.File.OpenRead(filePath);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.IsFalse(stream.CanWrite);
+            Assert.Throws<NotSupportedException>(() => stream.WriteByte(0));
+        }
 #endif
     }
 }
diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFile.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFile.cs
index 64e9b4d23..0b02bcc88 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFile.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFile.cs
@@ -399,12 +399,14 @@ public override Stream Open(string path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileS
             }
 
             var length = mockFileDataAccessor.GetFile(path).Contents.Length;
-            var stream = OpenWrite(path);
-
-            if (mode == FileMode.Append)
-                stream.Seek(length, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            
+            MockFileStream.StreamType streamType = MockFileStream.StreamType.WRITE;
+            if (access == FileAccess.Read)
+                streamType = MockFileStream.StreamType.READ;
+            else if (mode == FileMode.Append)
+                streamType = MockFileStream.StreamType.APPEND;
 
-            return stream;
+            return new MockFileStream(mockFileDataAccessor, path, streamType);
         }
 
         public override Stream OpenRead(string path)
@@ -426,7 +428,7 @@ public override Stream OpenWrite(string path)
         {
             mockFileDataAccessor.PathVerifier.IsLegalAbsoluteOrRelative(path, "path");
 
-            return new MockFileStream(mockFileDataAccessor, path, MockFileStream.StreamType.WRITE);
+            return Open(path, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.None);
         }
 
         public override byte[] ReadAllBytes(string path)
diff --git a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStream.cs b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStream.cs
index f455c7fec..2482ae1c2 100644
--- a/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStream.cs
+++ b/System.IO.Abstractions.TestingHelpers/MockFileStream.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ public class MockFileStream : MemoryStream
     {
         private readonly IMockFileDataAccessor mockFileDataAccessor;
         private readonly string path;
+        private readonly bool canWrite = true;
 
         public enum StreamType
         {
@@ -38,8 +39,12 @@ public MockFileStream(IMockFileDataAccessor mockFileDataAccessor, string path, S
                 }
                 mockFileDataAccessor.AddFile(path, new MockFileData(new byte[] { }));
             }
+
+            canWrite = streamType != StreamType.READ;
         }
 
+        public override bool CanWrite => canWrite;
+
 #if NET40
         public override void Close()
         {