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| Rowlestone mill and overshot waterwheel
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| The waterwheel, fed by a header tank connected by pipe to the mill pool behind
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| A belt drive for auxiliary machinery, geared directly from the pit wheel
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| The sack hoist, chain and pulley on the bin floor of the mill
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| The sack hoist mechanism
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| The water header tank and inlet pipe
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| The water header tank and inlet pipe, showing the penstock valve mechanism operated from inside
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| The pit wheel and the belt drive wheels for the auxiliary machinery
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| A cider apple crusher powered by the mill
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| The metal axle, spokes and shrouds
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| The waterwheel
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| Simple screw tentering mechanism
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| A pinion connects the lay shaft directly to the pit wheel to power belt drives to the rest of the mill
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| Steep internal stairs are offset in parallel, to provide headroom while occupying the minimum floor space
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| The lever controlling the penstock, and a crude scale on the wall indicating how far the sluice is opened
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| A belt driven lay shaft on the middle floor of the mill
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| Internal stairs looking down. They were very steep to utilise space efficiently
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| The bin floor and roof structure, with the sack hoist pulley in the apex
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| Sack hoist mechanism on the bin floor
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| The pit wheel and hursting
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| The mill leet
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| The mill pond beside the house
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| Apple crusher for cider making.
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| Detail of the lay shaft drive mechanism, powered from the pit wheel
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| A lay shaft on the middle floor
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