Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Pump No. 1
Loughans, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Pump
- Date of construction
- 1900 - 1919
- Address
- Pump No. 1, Park Lane, Gilford, Co. Down
- Townland
- Loughans
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.35928, -6.37215
- Date of survey
- 15 June 1995
- HB reference
- HB17/01/053
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 Oct 2006: Pump has bee removed and only the stone alcove remains.
Description at June 1995: An open head lever type pump with a plain column and cap. The column is inscribed with a flag logo (denoting manufacture by Lee Howl & Co, Tipton, England). It is probably a 'Paragon cistern pump'. It is mounted on a wooden post set into the wall of an alcove on the right hand side of the lane to a now derelict farmhouse.
Historical information
No information on the history of this pump. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump No.57
Pump was removed between 1995 and 2006.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Pump has been removed.
Nearby in the register
- Pumpunder 1 mi
- Pump opposite 25b Park LanePumpunder 1 mi
- Pump No. 2Pumpunder 1 mi
- Pump opposite 20 Park LanePumpunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.