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Public Water Pump and Trough

Finner, Fermanagh and Omagh, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade B+
Grade
B+
Type
Pump
Date of listing
22 July 1994
Date of construction
1880 - 1899
Address
Public Water Pump and Trough, Main Street, Belleek, Co Fermanagh
Townland
Finner
Council
Fermanagh and Omagh
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.48016, -8.09218
Date of survey
01 January 1997
HB reference
HB12/13/037

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Exterior description and setting

Rotary pump in a prominent roadside location. It has a fluted splay shaped column and a fluted cap with a pointed finial. A metal plate affixed to the cap reads ‘F.W. Brackett & CoLtd/ Engineers/ Colchester/ England’. It is associated with a cast-iron horse trough.

Historical information

Further particulars in EHS Report ‘ Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 9.Historical Information

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

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

Evaluation

This rotary type water pump is situated in a prominent position in the centre of Belleck and is a remimder of the time when drinking water was only available in the street.. It is of particular importance as it still has its water trough.

Nearby in the register

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

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