Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Pump
Townparks of Magherafelt, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 4 July 1983
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- Pump, Outside library at, 6 Church Street, Magherafelt
- Townland
- Townparks of Magherafelt
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.75645, -6.60710
- Date of survey
- 01 May 1993
- HB reference
- HB08/15/011
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
Rotary type pump with undecorated splay shaped column. When surveyed in 1993 only the column remained. It was inscribed ‘J Scott Junr/Plumber/Cookstown’ When visited in 1996 the pump had been removed. It was subsequentlty repaired and positioned outside the public library
Historical information
Pump cited here on the 1906 OS 25 inch map (PRONI OS 10/5/42/13/1) when the location was known as Pump Street. The Provincial directory notes W.J. Scott as a plumber in Union Street, Cookstown from 1890 (possibly 1885). He moved to James Street in 1913, where he traded as W.J. Scott & Son, plumbers, heating and electrical engineers until the 1990s. Further particulars in EHS Report ‘Water pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 6.
Repaired and moved to its current location ouside the public library post 1996
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
X. Local Interest
Z. Rarity
Evaluation
Rotary pumps of this type are now rare and this pump is a lasting reminder of the times when people has to use the town pump for drinking water.
General comments
This pump was originally situated on King Street , but it had been neglected and had lost its top. The pump was then repaired and replaced in the current prominent position outside the Library.
Nearby in the register
- OLD BRIDEWELL,HALLunder 1 mi
- ULSTER BANKBANKunder 1 mi
- ULSTERBUS OFFICESOFFICEunder 1 mi
- 17 CHURCH ST.OFFICEunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.