How Hill places a brick windmill with white sails beside a reed-lined channel, where a low footbridge and broken reflections sit beneath large cream clouds.

The tall brick mill rises above the far bank, with four pale sails set against the sky and a circular gallery wrapped around its base. Its reflection stretches in wavering bands across the broad waterway. A small white footbridge crosses the channel to the left, partly hidden by shrubs and a thick margin of reeds. Long blades of grass fill the foreground, while dense trees make a dark green backdrop beneath softly layered clouds.

How Hill uses the water as the main route through the scene, drawing attention from the near reeds to the bridge and mill. The interrupted reflection gives movement to the otherwise still channel and keeps the architecture connected to its low, leafy setting.