The wreckage was taken into store at South Woodham Ferrers by Vincent Pargeter, millwright to Essex County Council.

[1] A plan to restore and exhibit some of the remains in South Ockendon was shelved in 1994.

The remains are still in store, available to be used if a replica of the mill is ever built, either on its original site or elsewhere.

[3] South Ockendon Windmill was a three-storey smock mill on a two-storey brick base, with a stage at first-floor level.

[4] South Ockendon Windmill had an octagonal two-storey brick base, which consisted the ground floor of the mill and a cellar.

[4] The wooden brake wheel was of composite construction, 9 feet 2 inches (2.79 m) diameter.

[4] South Ockendon Windmill was winded by an eight-bladed fantail Final drive was a wooden worm gear driving onto cogs of 9 inches (229 mm) pitch at the top of the smock.