About Clifton Observatory

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Clifton Observatory (grid reference ST564733) is a former mill, now used as an observatory, located on Clifton Down, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England.

The building was erected, with the permission of the Society of Merchant Venturers, as a windmill for corn in 1766 and later converted to the grinding of snuff, when it became known as 'The Snuff Mill'. This was damaged by fire on 30 October 1777, when the sails were left turning during a gale and caused the equipment to catch alight. It was then derelict for 52 years until in 1828 William West, an artist, rented the old mill, for 5 shillings (25p) a year, as a studio.

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Cumberland Basin, Bristol, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom, BS8 3LT

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Clifton Suspension Bridge

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Engineers House

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Caledonia Place, Bristol

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Merchant Hall

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The Clifton Club

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Christ Church, Clifton Down

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Royal York Crescent

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Alderman Proctor's Drinking Fountain

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Cornwallis Crescent, Bristol

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Hope Chapel, Bristol

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Stokeleigh Camp

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Clifton College

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Dowry Square

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Clifton Cathedral

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Buckingham Baptist Chapel

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Church of Holy Trinity, Hotwells

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Church of All Saints, Clifton

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Victoria Rooms, Bristol

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Ashton Avenue Bridge

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