Photograph of a timber frame thatched barn demolished in 1924 in the village of Upton near Slough

Made:: 1920-1924 in Upton

Photograph of a timber frame thatched barn demolished in 1924 in the village of Upton near Slough, Berkshire. Known as Telescope Barn the building is thought to have been used for the assembly of William Herschel's Great Forty Foot Telescope in 1789.

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Category:: Astronomy

Object Number:: 1999-843

Materials:: paper, card and complete

Measurements:: overall: 1 x 250 x 190 mm

type:: black-and-white prints (photographs) and barns

credit:: Mrs C. Shorland

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