Waterloo Well, The Brae, North Queensferry is a Grade B listed building in the Fife local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 June 1973.

Waterloo Well, The Brae, North Queensferry

WRENN ID
knotted-rotunda-alder
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Fife
Constituency
Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy MP: Melanie Ward (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
18 June 1973
OS grid reference
NT 131 805
Coordinates
56.00985, -3.39452
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Dated 1816, the Waterloo Well is a bell-shaped structure with a rusticated gable and a large ball finial. The well features a carving of a traditional ferry boat within a recessed triangle at the upper part, a spout hole in the middle, and an indentation for a former trough centred below. The sides are tapered and rounded, constructed from random rubble.

The well was reconstructed on the site of an earlier well to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo and is situated at the foot of The Brae. It originally served to water horses and wash coaches, and was a crucial water supply for the village until piped water was introduced from the Ochils in 1883.

The Waterloo Well is part of a group value listing with the nearby Pump and Plaque, which are located directly behind it.

Local climate

Waterloo Well, The Brae, North Queensferry receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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