Well-Head And Shelter About 50 Metres West-South-West Of Pressland House

The well-head and shelter, located about 50 metres west-south-west of Pressland House, were constructed in 1889 and 1897, respectively. The shelter, which covers the well, is made of timber and features a fishscale red clay tile roof. It is octagonal in shape and open-sided, supported by eight polygonal timber posts with shaped braces that have fleur-de-lys cusping, holding up the moulded wall-plate. The roof is octagonally hipped and topped with a wrought-iron finial decorated with leaves and a small pennant that may serve as a weathervane. An inscription carved into the wall-plate reads: "This water supply and seat was erected by S. H. Andrews October 1889 and this shelter by his widow June 1897." Although the seat beneath the shelter is missing, the pump and trough remain. The trough is a circular granite monolith, resembling a cider-apple crusher, with an iron pump in an octagonal wooden casing at its center; however, the pump handle is missing. The underside of the roof is boarded.