Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Village Pump
Oughterard, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 1 October 1975
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Village Pump, The Rock, Sandholes, Dungannon
- Townland
- Oughterard
- Council
- Mid Ulster
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.59208, -6.83459
- Date of survey
- 15 September 1995
- HB reference
- HB09/05/016
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
Rotary type pump. The column is splay shaped without decoration. The cap has fluted decoration with acorn finial. This pump has a spout lug but no pedestal. It is located in a prominent position and has a rail surround. The metal cover is inscribed ‘Winnington & Co /Wilson St/Belfast’ and the column is inscribed ‘George Espey & Son/Cookstown’.
Historical information
Pump cited here on the 1906 and 1935 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI OS 10/5/38/9/1 and 2). Probable installation date about 1905/06. Further particulars (and the circumstantial evidence for the installation date in particular) are in the EHS Report ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump No 3.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Z. Rarity
X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
Evaluation
Good example of a rotary type water pump, in a prominent position in the centre of the village. It is a reminder of the time when drinking water was only available in the street.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone Kiosk, Rockdale Road, The Rock, Co TyroneTelephone Kioskunder 1 mi
- Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate ConceptionChurchunder 1 mi
- Allen Cottage, 22 Oughterard Road, BT70 3HTHouseunder 1 mi
- Moree HouseHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.