Well, Duthie Park, Aberdeen is a Grade C listed building in the Aberdeen City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 January 1967. Cistern house.

Well, Duthie Park, Aberdeen

WRENN ID
watchful-newel-azure
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Aberdeen City
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
12 January 1967
Type
Cistern house
OS grid reference
NJ 937 042
Coordinates
57.12871, -2.1041
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The building is a small rubble cistern house located in Duthie Park, Aberdeen, designed by James Mackie and John Burnet in 1706. It is built into a hillside and features a flat-arched opening at the center of the south elevation, which has a large lintel. Above this opening is a metal plaque that reads, "Old Well from Lands of Fountainhall, erected in connection with the first city water supply 1706, Re-erected 1903." In front of the building is a rectangular pool, with four stone steps on each side leading down to the water. Inside, there is a vaulted chamber lined with brick and stone.

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