Cross Well, The Cross, Linlithgow is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 February 1971. Well. 11 related planning applications.

Cross Well, The Cross, Linlithgow

WRENN ID
sunken-hammer-foxglove
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
West Lothian
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 February 1971
Type
Well
Address
Cross Well, The Cross, Linlithgow, EH49 7EY
OS grid reference
NT 002 771
Coordinates
55.9771, -3.60059
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Cross Well in Linlithgow, built by stonemason Robert Gray in 1807, is an elaborately carved hexagonal well made of cream sandstone ashlar. It features a stepped base and a tall plinth, with two offset decorative stages. The lower stage has pinnacled angles, while the upper stages are adorned with figures and cusped flying buttresses. Mask-gargoyles sit atop the structure, and a circular cupola supports a unicorn holding a scroll with a lion rampant.

To the south, there is an adjacent pedestal that includes a mask gargoyle and the town's arms, which is dated 1807 in the tympanum. Additionally, there is a commemorative stone slab nearby, inscribed to honor the town's 600 years as a Royal Burgh from 1389 to 1989, created by Vincent Butler RSA in 1989.

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