 It is a grade II* listed building, and takes its name from John le Gaunt who owned it in 1290.The mill was owned for four centuries by the Weston family and papers relating to the mill are now held in the Somerset Record office.Most of the machinery, including the grindstones, conveyors, sackhoist and grain bins, date from 1888 and is still used for grinding animal feed and occasionally whole wheat flour.