Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Pump at rear of Bridge House
Shanemullagh, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 29 December 2006
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Pump at rear of Bridge House, 14 Bridge Street, Castledawson, Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry
- Townland
- Shanemullagh
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.77900, -6.55682
- Date of survey
- 15 March 1996
- HB reference
- HB08/10/005 C
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 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A typical cow tail closed head lever type pump with a plain shaped spirally decorated column and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. It is inscribed 'H H Mcerlean 1927' around the top. The house, behind which the pump is located, is itself listed (HB08/10/005)
Historical information
A pump is shown at this location on the 1906 OS 25 inch map (PRONI Ref 10/5/42/6/1), so this is evidently a replacement. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 77.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
Good example of a decorated cow tailed water pump in its original location adjacent to a listed building.
Nearby in the register
- 14-16 Bridge Street (aka Bridge house) Castledawson, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry BT45 8ADHouseunder 1 mi
- BRIDGEunder 1 mi
- Pumpunder 1 mi
- 27 MAIN ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.