clifton observatory down bristol england
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| navigate by keyword : 13cm 305 1766 1828 1977 artist artists avon bristol british building buildings camera cave clifton convex corn derelict england english erected former fox gorge grade heritage honorbrook ian inns installed johnson leigh lens limestone listed merchant mill now obscura observatory one only permission pottery production purchased register risk romano society studio talbot telescopes three used was west william windmill woods working years |
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| Clifton Observatory is a former mill now used as a observatory.The building was erected in 1766 with the permission of The Society of Merchant Ventures, as a windmill, for corn production. Derelict for 52 years in 1828 it became a artists studio. William West the artist installed a camera obscura and telescopes. A convex lens 13cm x 1.5m , it is one of only three working in the UK. In 1977 Honorbrook Inns purchased the observatory. It is a Grade II listed building |
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