Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Pump outside 139 Carhill Road
Laragh, Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 29 December 2006
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Pump outside 139 Carhill Road, Swatragh, Maghera, Co. Londonderry
- Townland
- Laragh
- Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.92657, -6.67180
- Date of survey
- 01 July 1996
- HB reference
- HB03/02/038
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A cow tail closed head lever type pump with a plain shaped spirally decorated column. It is located at the side of the main road outside the farmhouse.
Historical information
No information available. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 80.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
Evaluation
A cow tailed water pump in a prominent position outside a farmhouse and on the side of a main road. It is an important reminder of the time when drinking water was only available from public sources.
Nearby in the register
- St Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- 5 Laragh LaneHouse1 mi
- THE RAFTERS BARPUBLIC HOUSE1 mi
- KILLELAGH PARISH CHURCH DRUMBANE LANECHURCH1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.