This spa, a neoclassical structure in the form of a circular temple, was erected on
the Water of Leith in the 1790s. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland, 18th ed.
(Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1869), describes it in these terms: The well (or
pump-room as it might be called) stands close on the banks of the river, immediately
below the Dean Bridge. The water is an excellent sulphureous liquid, possessing the
usual medicinal qualities, similar to those of the Moffat, and Harrogate. The late
Lord Gardenstone was the first to appreciate the properties of the spring, and erected
the present classical temple enclosing a statue of Hygeia, whose face very properly
'is expressive of sympathy and kindness.' (78)