Pump outside 19 Carnlea Road

Carnlea, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade B2
Grade: B2
Type: Pump
Date of listing: 29 December 2006
Date of construction: 1880 - 1899
Address: Pump outside 19 Carnlea Road, Ballymena, Co Antrim
Townland: Carnlea
Council: Mid and East Antrim
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.93321, -6.31709
Date of survey: 15 September 1995
HB reference: HB07/03/011

TodayHistorical map

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A closed head lever type pump with a plain column and cap. Inscribed on the column is a flag logo (denoting made by Lee Howl & Co, Tipton, England), 'Made in England' and 2"". It is a 'Paragon cistern pump'. It is located in a hedged niche on a concrete pedestal beside No 19.

Historical information

Well at this location on 1903 and 1920 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/27/11/1 and 2). A local informant stated that the pump was installed at the instigation of Ballymena District Council by James Madill to supply nearby houses. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 48.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A fairly rare example of this type of cow tailed water pump that is in a public location.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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