Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Jubilee Water Pump
Broughshane Upper, Mid and East Antrim, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 2 August 1993
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- Jubilee Water Pump, On north side of Main Street near the Library, Broughshane, Ballymena Co. Antrim
- Townland
- Broughshane Upper
- Council
- Mid and East Antrim
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.89325, -6.20791
- Date of survey
- 15 September 1995
- HB reference
- HB07/04/019
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Lever (Closed head) type pump with cow tailed handle. Straight shaped column with spiral decorations. The cap has fluted decorations and an acorn finial. This pump has a spout lug but no pedestal. The pump is inscribed ‘Hugh Casey B’Vadden’. A modern plaque on the cast iron rail surround reags @Jubilee Pump/Erected 1897’. The pump is associated with a stone trough.
Historical information
Pump cited here on the [date??] 25 inch OS map (PRONI OS 10/1/33/6/1). Further particulars in EHS Report ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 4.
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 good example of a cow tailed water pump in a prominent position in the centre of Broughshane. It is an important reminder of when drinking water was only available from public sources.
Nearby in the register
- 13 MAIN ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- 11 MAIN ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- 9 MAIN ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- TELEPHONE KIOSK BESIDETELEPHONE KIOSKunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.