Bridge Of Allan Well House Restoration Project
Donation protected
A Wee building with deep roots in scottish history
The Well House in Bridge of Allan dates from 1821 but the mine workings it used to draw the mineral waters from 120ft below go much further back to the sixteenth century.
It's said that the copper from the mine was used to make the Scottish coin the Bawbee for Mary Queen of Scots coronation in 1543.
Without this little building Bridge of Allan wouldn't be what it is today.
So it can be classed as the most important building in the town.
Yet its been forgotten about and left to rot.
It deserves better than this.
Now a small group of Volunteers with a keen interest in industrial archaeology have taken on the difficult but not insurmountable task of restoring it.
And with your help we would love to have it restored for its 200th year anniversary next year, So we can open up the Well House to exhibit it.
To educate and pass on the history of this most important little building.
The Well House in Bridge of Allan dates from 1821 but the mine workings it used to draw the mineral waters from 120ft below go much further back to the sixteenth century.
It's said that the copper from the mine was used to make the Scottish coin the Bawbee for Mary Queen of Scots coronation in 1543.
Without this little building Bridge of Allan wouldn't be what it is today.
So it can be classed as the most important building in the town.
Yet its been forgotten about and left to rot.
It deserves better than this.
Now a small group of Volunteers with a keen interest in industrial archaeology have taken on the difficult but not insurmountable task of restoring it.
And with your help we would love to have it restored for its 200th year anniversary next year, So we can open up the Well House to exhibit it.
To educate and pass on the history of this most important little building.
Organizer
Mark Stanford
Organizer