Netherbow Wellhead, High Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Wellhead. 3 related planning applications.

Netherbow Wellhead, High Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
first-sill-rowan
Grade
A
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
Address
Netherbow Wellhead, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1TB
OS grid reference
NT 260 736
Coordinates
55.95054, -3.18526
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Netherbow Wellhead, located on High Street in Edinburgh, was built around 1675 by Robert Mylne under the supervision of Sir William Bruce. This square-plan wellhead is constructed from ashlar stone. It features a base course, pilasters adorned with guttae, a cornice, and a shallow pyramidal cope. On the north side, there is a rectangular iron hinged door with an oval cartouche that displays the Edinburgh coat of arms and motto. The south side has an inscribed metal plaque. The east and west sides are fitted with metal lobed plates, which are missing handles, and cast bronze spouts that are replicas. Additionally, there is a modern stone basin located on the ground to the west.

Local climate

Netherbow Wellhead, 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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