Pump behind house

Ballynacrory, Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade B1
Grade: B1
Type: Pump
Date of listing: 23 November 2007
Date of construction: 1900 - 1919
Address: Pump behind house, 32 Killyneedan Road, Sandholes, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone
Townland: Ballynacrory
Council: Mid Ulster
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.58137, -6.80085
Date of survey: 15 September 1995
HB reference: HB09/05/022

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Wall mounted domestic lever closed head pump. Cast on the side of the pump is 3" (refering to the diameter of the bucket barrel, a flag showing it was made by Lee Howl & Co. Tipton, England) and "Made in England". It is located at the rear of the farmhouse.

Historical information

A well is sited on the 25 inch OS maps of 1906 and 1935 (PRONI ref OS 10/6/38/14/1 and 2). Further particulars in the EHS report "Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey" by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump No. 13.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Z. Rarity
X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This is an increasingly rare example of an artifact that reminds us of a time when drinking water was not readily available at the turn of a tap. This pump is still operational and is situated in a traditional farmyard beside the vernacular house it once served.

Nearby in the register

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

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