Rosneath Castle Policies, Bathwell
Well (18th Century)
Site Name Rosneath Castle Policies, Bathwell
Classification Well (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Rosneath Castle Estate; Dark Wood; Parkhead
Canmore ID 161262
Site Number NS28SE 90
NGR NS 26408 81940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/161262
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Rosneath
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS28SE 90 26408 81940
(Location derived from SDD/HBM Buildings List.) This monument is not indicated on the 1965 edition of the OS 1:2500 map.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 18 April 2000.
Updated location derived from 1st, 2nd and 3rd edition maps though no building indicated on the current OS GIS series. LBLP (GK) Nov 2003
Single storey, 3-bay, rectangular-plan classical bathwell. Pink sandtone ashlar with polished cream and green ashlar deeply channelled rustication and dressings; brick-lined interior. String course, cornice, pediment.
N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: square door set into semi-circular arch at centre, voussoirs, rustication. Flanking windows set into rusticated masonry, shallow keystones; string course runs along line of springing of arch. Pediment.
W AND E ELEVATIONS: square-headed window set into semicircular arched recess at centre.
INTERIOR: brick-lined, joist holes; opening broken through back wall. Recess at SW angle with flue channel. (Historic Scotland)
Formed part of the estate of Rosneath Castle, a country house demolished in the 1960s.
