Welcome to our Home Page for the Well and Wash House in Scotlandwell.

Here you can learn about the history of our village.

An ambitious village enhancement scheme undertaken by the local landlord, Thomas Bruce of Arnot, between 1857 and 1860 resulted in improvements to the Well and the construction of the Wash House.

Items laundered in the Wash House were hung out to dry in the adjoining Well Green.

The decline in the use of the Wash House began in the 1920s with the introduction of piped water to the village houses. By the 1950s most homes had an electricity supply and people were able to use washing machines.

The Bruce family had handed the Well, Wash House and Well Green to Portmoak Parish Council in 1927. Since then, they have been looked after by successive local authority bodies.

Our local community group Scotlandwell in Bloom undertakes projects which contribute to sustainable continuous environmental improvement within the village.

By the end of the twentieth century the Wash House, which was by then the responsibility of Perth and Kinross Council, was showing significant signs of deterioration. It was clear that inaction would result in it reaching a dangerous state.

Commencing in 2004 a major project, led by Scotlandwell in Bloom and supported by Take a Pride in Perthshire, saw the restoration of The Wash House thus preserving this important part of the cultural, social and architectural part of the village. The reopening took place in March 2013.

The buildings have now been transferred to community management under the terms of a licence. Scotlandwell in Bloom is responsible for maintenance.

We have now reached a position where it has become clear that extensive repair work is needed to the Well structure and the surrounding stone and metalwork in order to ensure its survival for future generations.

We will soon be launching another restoration project.