[2] In July or August 1774, a farmer was killed by being struck by the sails of the mill.

This entailed the complete replacement of the frame of the mill, including the crowntree.

On 2 January 1976, the sails ran away in a gale and the brake wheel disintegrated.

[2] The trestle is of oak, with the main post thought to be of sweet chestnut.

The roundhouse is of brick, with a boarded roof covered in tarred felt.

[3] As originally built, the mill would have had a wooden windshaft and four common sails.

[3] The head wheel is of clasp arm construction, it is 9 ft (2.74 m) diameter.

The tail wheel is also of clasp arm construction, 7 ft (2.13 m) diameter.

It has an iron segment ring bolted on which has a total of one hundred teeth.