The mill may be older and may have been moved from Stone in Oxney, with the date 1781 carved into the main post denoting its re-erection.[5] The mill passed into the ownership of the artist Randolph H Sauter.The mill was repaired in 1958, and in 1968 a new stock and pair of sails was fitted by the millwright Derek Ogden.The mill underwent a restoration programme starting in 2002 and partly funded by the National Lottery, which included two new sails amongst other work.It has four Spring sails mounted on a wooden windshaft with a cast iron poll end.