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PARISH PUMP

Loughans, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland

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Designation
Listed building, Grade B1
Grade
B1
Type
Pump
Date of listing
7 December 1998
Date of construction
1900 - 1919
Address
PARISH PUMP, STRAMORE ROAD, GILFORD, CO.DOWN
Townland
Loughans
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.37281, -6.36364
Date of survey
15 August 1995
HB reference
HB17/01/038

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1891 "Ireland 16" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

Cowtailed (closed head) lever type pump with a straight shaped column with spiral decoration. The cap is fluted with acorn finial. The pump is inscribed ‘Hugh Dale Plumber Banbridge’ around the top. The adjacent well cover inscribed ‘Banbridge Foundry’. The pump is set into a roadside alcove and is still in everyday use. The walling is blackstone random rubble with rock-faced, margin dressed granite copings.

Historical information

Not shown on the 1904 25 inch OS map but appears on the 1917 edition. Further particulars in the EHS Report ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 10.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

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

Evaluation

Good example of a cow tailed water pump in a prominent position. The well detailed surrounding wall alcove adds to its importance and it is a reminder of the time when drinking wwater was only available in the street.

Nearby in the register

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

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