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Fountain outside 32 Main Street

Beragh, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade B2
Grade
B2
Type
Fountain
Date of listing
3 August 2007
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Fountain outside 32 Main Street, Beragh, Omagh, Co Tyrone
Townland
Beragh
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.55045, -7.16221
Date of survey
15 September 1995
HB reference
HB11/07/036

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A fountain with a plain shaped fluted column, a lion's mouth spout and an acorn finial. The column is inscribed 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ld, Kilmarnock'. Sited in a prominent roadside location.

Historical information

Several pumps are sited in the village on the 1906 and 1937 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/6/44/5/1 and 2), but none at this location. It is therefore concluded that this one was installed after 1936. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 74.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

One of a group of well maintained similar fountains in Beragh. They are a reminder of when drinking water was only available from a public place.

Nearby in the register

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

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