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St George's Well, Water Of Leith, Edinburgh

A Category B Listed Building in Edinburgh, Edinburgh

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9537 / 55°57'13"N

Longitude: -3.2123 / 3°12'44"W

OS Eastings: 324401

OS Northings: 674070

OS Grid: NT244740

Mapcode National: GBR 8JF.T8

Mapcode Global: WH6SL.MMK5

Plus Code: 9C7RXQ3Q+F3

Entry Name: St George's Well, Water Of Leith, Edinburgh

Listing Name: St George's Well, off St Bernard's Bridge

Listing Date: 14 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 365261

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB27907

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200365261

Location: Edinburgh

County: Edinburgh

Town: Edinburgh

Electoral Ward: City Centre

Traditional County: Midlothian

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Description

Dated 1810. Single storey and basement building enclosing well. Droved ashlar sandstone, rusticated at basement. Base course between basement and principal floor; eaves course. Principal (SE) elevation comprising gabled front with metal door centred at principal floor, recessed tooled gable roundel reading '1810'; decorative finial and acroteria; blank side elevations; blank bowed rear elevation.

Grey slate roof. Coped skews, with consoled skew putts. Shouldered wallhead stack; coped, with circular can.

Statement of Interest

Part of the Edinburgh New Town A Group, a significant surviving part of one of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. St George's Well is situated on the banks of the Water of Leith and near to Alexander Nasmyth's St Bernard's Well (see separate listing). Named to commemorate the jubilee of George III, the well was finally blocked up in 1969.

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