Title

Uphill Windmill, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 1935

Caption

Uphill Windmill, Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, 1935. From a fire insurance policy of 1789 we know that this tower was built as a windmill in 1729. By 1829 only the walls remained and in 1863 it was used as a beacon. It later became an observation point and then an observatory.

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19A82_339

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (2,4Mb) / 11,7in x 17,9in / 3512 x 5369 (300dpi)

Keywords

hill building buildings England country tower British geography English windmill stairway location century Britain staircase abandoned thirties derelict concept weston-super-mare Somerset B&W hilltop MONOCHROME black & white black and white B W 1930s 18th century 20th century Eighteenth Century English Heritage geographical feature TGN Uphill Windmill photograph HES Simmons Simmons HES photograph