 Gradual decline continued throughout the 19th and 20th centuries; the mill passed through many owners, and even one long-established family of owner-millers, the Hardings, struggled.A steam engine driven by a waterwheel had been installed, but the engine often had to be worked manually because the water power was so feeble.The mill was no longer in use by 1927, and it was put up for sale with the adjacent Mill Cottage in 1934.