Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Fountain situated in Silent Valley, Annalong, Newry, Co Down
Carrigenagh Upper, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Fountain
- Date of listing
- 23 November 2007
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Fountain situated in Silent Valley, Annalong, Newry, Co Down
- Townland
- Carrigenagh Upper
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.12392, -6.00169
- Date of survey
- 08 August 2007
- HB reference
- HB16/02/069
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Description on 08.08.2007.
Standard fountain design with fluted column, lion head spout and and fluted domed top with acorn finial. Bucket bracket intact at base. Base is bolted into concrete base with run off to drain. There is a cast inscription at the base of the column which reads 'Glenfield Coy? Limited Kilmarnock' . This was the usual manufacturer of other fountains of this type.
The pump is sited close to the Silent Valley reservoir and to listed buildings associated with the water supply, with a backdrop of the Mourne mountains. It is operational in its present location
Historical information
Installed as an ornamental feature c 1990 but later given a water supply . It is now in full working order. It is thought that it was brought form Belfast where it had originally been installed. This type of fountain was installed in the early twentieth century wnhen a pressurised mains water supply became available.
Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no. 79.
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
Z. Rarity
Evaluation
Typical water fountain of the type found in other parts of N Ierland. Although not in it's original location it is possibly the only operational fountain in N Ireland and is located in the Silent Valley where the pressurised water supply originated for it's former site in Belfast.
Nearby in the register
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- LodgesHouseunder 1 mi
- Electricity generating houseWater Works Structuresunder 1 mi
- Dam excavation shaft and trench shutteringWater Works Structuresunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.