The present building is constructed from red Norfolk brick, rising four storeys high with a three-bay design on the south-west elevation.

At the western end of the mill, there is a timber lucam (a covered sack hoist) built with shiplap construction.

Although the wheelrace still runs beneath the mill, the waterwheel was removed in 1947 to create additional space for electrically powered machinery.

Attached to the east side of the mill is the miller's cottage, which features a chequered-patterned brick gable end.

In 1996, the watermill at Bintry was used by the BBC as a filming location for their adaptation of George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss, which aired on 1 January 1997.