Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Fountain outside 25 Main Street
Beragh, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Fountain
- Date of listing
- 29 December 2006
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Fountain outside 25 Main Street, Beragh, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
- Townland
- Beragh
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.55034, -7.16251
- Date of survey
- 15 September 1995
- HB reference
- HB11/07/037
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 fountain with a plain shaped fluted column, a lions 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 cited 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. 75.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
X. Local Interest
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
- Fountain outside 32 Main StreetFountainunder 1 mi
- 15 Main StreetHouseunder 1 mi
- 14 Main StreetNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- 37 Main StreetHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.