Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Fountain outside Main Street
Killylea, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Fountain
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Fountain outside Main Street, Killylea, Armagh
- Townland
- Killylea
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.34651, -6.77625
- Date of survey
- 15 August 1995
- HB reference
- HB15/11/088
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 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Description at November 2006: Pump has beeen removed.
Description at August 1995: Fountain with plain shaped fluted column and a fluted cap with acorn finial. Column inscribed '7D1' and 'Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd/Kilmarnock'. Located at the roadside.
Historical information
No pump at this location on the 1905 and 1952 25 inch OS maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/2/11/11/1 and 2) but one appears on these maps further along the street. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no. 16.
Pump was removed between 1996 and 2006 as a result of environmental improvements.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Pump has been removed .
Nearby in the register
- ST. MARK'S CHURCH,CHURCHunder 1 mi
- Gate LodgeNo type recordedunder 1 mi
- ELM PARK LODGE (1)Gates/ Screens/ Lodgesunder 1 mi
- KNAPPA VALE,HOUSE1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.