Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Fountain outside 59 Main Street
Sixmilecross, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Fountain
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Fountain outside 59 Main Street, SIxmilecross, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
- Townland
- Sixmilecross
- Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.55728, -7.11765
- Date of survey
- 15 September 1995
- HB reference
- HB11/20/013
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 and fluted column, a lions mouth spout and an acorn finial. The column is inscribed 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock'. Top is missing.
Historical information
Water troughs are marked along the street on the 1906 and 1937 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/6/44/6/1 and 2), but no pumps explicitly cited. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 67.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
One of a group of public water fountains in Sixmilecross. This one is missing its top and is therefore not as complete as the other listed ones.
Nearby in the register
- Fountain outside 46 Main StreetFountainunder 1 mi
- Fountainunder 1 mi
- Pump outside 71 Main StreetPumpunder 1 mi
- Fountain outside 29 Main StreetFountainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.