Reclaimed Stone Architectural Garden Wellhead Surround

A reclaimed stone wellhead surround with its iron windlass still in place. The thick cylindrical walls are deeply pitted stone in charcoal and pale bone, and a rusted iron arch, set into the flat top rim at four mounting points, carries a weathered wooden roller, heavy iron chains and a central crank handle. Dark organic staining coats the inner walls, which sets them sharply against the paler, textured outside.

The stone ring measures 46 inches in diameter and 27 inches high; the iron arch rises well above that. The bottom edge is uneven and rough, the iron is oxidized and the wood is dry with age. It is a heavy assembly and would travel on a pallet with the ironwork braced or removed for shipping.

As the center of an entry courtyard it is a complete architectural object on its own. Set over a buried reservoir, the open core takes a bubbling fountain jet; in a walled garden it reads as a working dipping well or frames a still pool. This stone wellhead has sold. We usually have other antique wellheads, with and without their ironwork, in the yard or on the water; ask and we will send what is current.