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Pump

Loughans, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade B2
Grade
B2
Type
Pump
Date of listing
24 November 2006
Date of construction
1920 - 1939
Address
Pump, opposite 10 Park Lane, Gilford, Co. Down
Townland
Loughans
Council
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.36161, -6.36518
Date of survey
15 June 1995
HB reference
HB17/01/049

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

An open head lever type pump with a plain undecorated column and a fluted cap. Manufactured by Lee, Howl and Co, Tipton, England. It is of the 'Paragon colonial suction' variety. Located at the north end of the lane, opposite the owner's house.

Historical information

According to the current owner the pump was originally installed c 1929 by his grandfather. Further particulars in the EHS report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland:A Preliminary Survey by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump No. 29.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

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

Criteria for listing: historic interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

This lever head water pump is of a functional design and stands in public view on Park Lane opposite the owner's house. It is worthy of listing as few of these types are in the public domain.

Nearby in the register

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

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