St Bernards Well

Category

Library Item

Item no

12199

Title

St Bernards Well

Artist / maker

Diaz, Robert

Date

1892

Size

32.6 x 44.4 cm

Type

Pencil work

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

St Bernard's Well is situated on the Water of Leith close to Stockbridge. The current surrounding structure was designed by Alexander Naismyth and built in the 1790s. It has a domed ceiling supported by ten columns covering a statue of the goddess Hygeia. Water from the mineral spring was popular for its supposed health giving properties from the mid 18th century until the well's closure in 1940.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Columns

Architecture > Architectural features > Domes

Architecture > Monuments > Sculptures

Landscape > Water > Rivers and streams

Places > Edinburgh areas > Stockbridge

Places > Edinburgh areas > Water of Leith

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

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