In 1939, millwright Amos Clarke, along with Messrs Hunts of Soham commenced repairs which cost £600.

The mill was painted grey to reduce its conspicuousness as a landmark, as it was close to RAF Shepherds Grove.

By the late 1960s, the mill was again becoming derelict, and the fantail was carefully dismantled by Chris Hullcoop and Philip Lennard.

It has two pairs of Double Patent sails carried on a wooden windshaft with a cast-iron poll end.

[3] The eight bladed[5] Fantail is mounted on the rear ladder in the Suffolk style and drove both wheels by means of gears and shafts.