Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Water Pump outside Townsend National School
Ballintemple, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B2
- Grade
- B2
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 7 May 1993
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Water Pump outside Townsend National School, Castleblayney Street, Newtownhamilton, Co Armagh
- Townland
- Ballintemple
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.19010, -6.57759
- HB reference
- HB16/18/016
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
Not inspected. No slides available in HB collection. HB survey notes state that it is inscribed ‘Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock’ which suggests a fountain.
Historical information
No pump shown at this school on the 1906 OS 25 inch map (PRONI OS 10/2/25/5/1) implying installation after that date. Further particulars in EHS Report ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 8.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
K. Group value
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance
X. Local Interest
Evaluation
A well preserved water fountain in a prominent position in Newtownhamilton. It is an important reminder of the time when drinking water was only available from public sources.
Nearby in the register
- TOWNSEND NATIONAL SCHOOL,SCHOOLunder 1 mi
- 16-18 CASTLEBLAYNEY ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
- 9 & 11 Dundalk StreetShopunder 1 mi
- Garage, 22 Dundalk Street, Newtownhamilton, Newry BT35 0PBShop - Terraceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.