It is maintained as a memorial to a local resident killed in a road accident in 1955.

The work was paid for by Mr & Mrs Barham in memory of their son John Nicholas Barham (24 July 1937 - 24 August 1955), who had been killed in a road accident.

[2] The restored windmill is also featured in the title credits of the children's television show Mr Majeika,[6] which ran from 1988 - 1990.

[4] In later years, she is said to have carried "two patent or wood louvred sweeps, which were later removed and used elsewhere.

The mill has two pairs of millstones, in a head and tail arrangement.