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This mill used to be a rare combination of a wind and watermill working together. (The Burnham Overy Union mills are the only other example of such a set-up in Norfolk.)

The towermill is built from pale grey brick and it is 15.20 metres (50 ft) high. The six-storey tower was built in about 1821 and had four patent sails, each with eight bays of three shutters and a boat-shaped cap with a petticoat, gallery and a six-bladed fantail. A wooden reefing stage can be seen surrounding the third floor. This used to be the meal floor and contained the stop-chamfered lower section of the upright shaft. In addition to wind-power, some of the stones were water-powered. In 1916 the sails were damaged beyond repair and they were removed in about 1920. The cap, stage and top machinery were removed in the 1940s, with the cap being replaced by a flat concrete roof. In about 1972 the millpond and part of the river that had been bypassed with a new channel, were filled in and in 1975 the outbuildings - they were constructed of clay lump and flint - were demolished. In the summer of 1981 the mill passed into the care of the Norfolk Windmills Trust.