Well, Parliament Square, High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Wellhead.

Well, Parliament Square, High Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
low-spindle-rush
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh MP: Chris Murray (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Wellhead
OS grid reference
NT 256 735
Coordinates
55.94945, -3.19217
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The well at Parliament Square on High Street in Edinburgh dates back to 1835. It has a large square plan and is made of ashlar stone. The wellhead features a substantial plinth supported by a leveling step, with a water outlet to the north that is now blocked. The main body of the wellhead tapers slightly and has moulded panels on each face. It is topped with a shallow pyramid cap that has a moulded cornice.

Local climate

Well, Parliament Square, High Street, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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