The Cross, Cross Well with Pedestal and Commemorative Stone Linlithgow, Scotland
Listed Building Data
The Cross, Cross Well with Pedestal and Commemorative Stone has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 382443 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 37367
- Canmore ID
- 49178
- Category
- B
- Name
- The Cross, Cross Well with Pedestal and Commemorative Stone
- Parish
- Linlithgow
- County
- West Lothian
- Easting
- 300216
- Northing
- 677170
- Date Listed
- 22 February 1971
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Robert Gray, stonemason, 1807. Elaborately carved hexagonal well. Cream sandstone ashlar. Stepped base, tall plinth, 2 off-set decorative stages with pinnacled angles to lower stage and figures to upper stages, cusped flying buttresses, mask-gargoyles crowned by circular cupola supporting unicorn holding scroll bearing lion rampant. PEDESTAL TO S: adjacent pedestal with mask gargoyle and town's arms; dated 1807 in tympanum. COMMEMORATIVE STONE: Vincent Butler RSA, 1989. Adjacent to left, inscribed stone slab commemorating town's 600 years as Royal Burgh 1389-1989.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The original Cross Well was a dipping-well erected circa 1535. By 1628, it was rebuilt by John Richie of Edinburgh. In 1650 the well was damaged by Cromwell's soldiers, and it was repaired in 1659. The well was again rebuilt in the early 19th century. On the 4th June 1807, King George III's sixty-ninth birthday, the foundation stone was laid by Provost Learmonth. The well which cost $500 is said to be an exact copy of the previous one and was carved by Robert Grey a one-handed Edinburgh stonemason, who apparently worked with a mallet strapped to the stump of his handless arm.
Listed Building References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Francis A Groome ORDNANCE GAZETTEER OF SCOTLAND (1884) p520. LINLITHGOW A BRIEF ARCHITECTURAL AND HISTORICAL GUIDE (Linlithgow Civic Trust) 1990.
