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[2] The mill was worked by auxiliary engine, latterly an electric motor, until 1965.

Eastbourne and District Preservation Trust bought the mill and grounds, and a restoration was carried out by E Hole and Sons, the Burgess Hill millwrights.

Thompson's, the Alford millwrights fitted a replacement stock and two new sails in May 1976.

[3] Further restoration work was undertaken in 2004,[4] including the fitting of a cowl to the adjoining malthouse.