There was a corn mill as part of the Gunthwaite manorial estate from the 14th century. This earlier mill (HSY6131) was situated further west along the Clough Dike. In 1731 a new Mill House was built adjacent to the Mill buildings (Umpleby 2000, 86). The small dam now known as Gunthwaite Dam drove an overshot wheel that worked four grindstones. There was also an upper chamber for drying corn (Nicholson 1993, 207). The 17th century building continued in use as a corn mill up till 1956 when the wheel was in need of major repairs. From the 18th century a building adjacent to the corn mill was used as a sawmill which was driven by the corn mill machinery (Umpleby 1995, 256). The mill buildings are currently used as storage for an angling club. There is good survival of the mill buildings with some machinery remaining intact. The area around the mill is quite wooded and this is probably what the mill site looked like before construction giving partial legibility of woodland.