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The Old Church of St Nicholas at Uphill, Somerset, England, dates from around 1080,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uphillvillage.org.uk/churches.htm )〕 and was built on the site of previous places of worship. It stands on a cliff top overlooking Brean Down and the mouth of the River Axe. The partially ruined church consists of a tower, chancel and a roofless nave. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II * listed building, and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, although the roofed portion is still used for services occasionally. ==Location== The partially ruined church, on the edge of Weston-super-Mare, sits on a cliff top the southern slope of which and the quarry at its western end form the Uphill Cliff Site of Special Scientific Interest, notable for its species-rich calcareous grassland. It consists of grassland and rock-face situated on Carboniferous Limestone. Steeper banks and knolls in the grassland have a flora which includes orchids Somerset Hair Grass ''Koeleria vallesiana'', and Honewort, Trinia glauca and the Goldilocks Aster ''linosyris'' along with several species of butterfly and Weevil (''Curculionoidea'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=English Nature's SSSI Information )〕 The church overlooks Weston Bay, Brean Down and the mouth of the River Axe which was used as a port in Roman times, probably for the export of lead from the Mendip Hills. The nearby tower on the hill is the remains of an 18th-century windmill. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Church of St Nicholas, Uphill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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