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Latitude: 56.2311 / 56°13'51"N
Longitude: -5.0851 / 5°5'6"W
OS Eastings: 208868
OS Northings: 708561
OS Grid: NN088085
Mapcode National: GBR FDT7.PJB
Mapcode Global: WH1JN.VNQ1
Plus Code: 9C8P6WJ7+CX
Entry Name: Well House, Bealach An Fhuarain, Inveraray Castle Estate
Listing Name: Well-House, Bealach an Fhuarain
Listing Date: 20 July 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 344108
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB11520
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Inveraray Castle Estate, Bealach An Fhuarain, Well House
ID on this website: 200344108
Location: Inveraray
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Mid Argyll
Parish: Inveraray
Traditional County: Argyllshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Attributed to William Adam, 1747-8; gate added 1803. Roughly square-plan, pedimented Classical well-house set into hillside. Droved chlorite schist ashlar masonry with polished and vermiculated dressings. Deep plinth; eaves course. Principal elevation to SE: broad, round-arched opening with channelled, vermiculated voussoirs; blocked, ball-finialed pediment above. Barrel-vaulted interior containing basin hewn from rocky outcrop; paved floor with serpentine over-flow channel. Stone slab roof. 18th century incised graffiti to walls, including date of 1757.
A fine, mid 18th century Classical well house, enclosing a natural spring. It was built for the Inveraray estate and is attributed to William Adam (see RCAHMS Inventory), the leading Scottish architect of the period. Drawings indicate that it was originally enclosed by a semicircular forecourt; this was probably removed under the direction of Robert Milne in 1785. The gate was added in 1803 and was made by Robert Napier, the estate blacksmith. From about 1774 the water was piped down to supply Inveraray New Town.
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