The current mill was rebuilt roughly two hundred years ago after storm damage in the 1770s.

[2] The tide mill has a pair of independent waterwheels designed to drive two sets of millstones each.

The running wheel and its milling and other mechanisms are encased for safety of the miller and visitors, while the static wheel is immobile and kept that way to show visitors the detail that is obscured by the running mechanism's safety enclosures.

[7] More recently, the toll has been administered by Totton and Eling Town council, and is charged at one pound per car per day.

In 1975 the mill was sold to New Forest District Council by Winchester College for a nominal sum.