Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Pump in front of 18 Scarva Street
Bovennett, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade B1
- Grade
- B1
- Type
- Pump
- Date of listing
- 29 December 2006
- Date of construction
- 1880 - 1899
- Address
- Pump in front of 18 Scarva Street, Loughbrickland, Banbridge, Co Down
- Townland
- Bovennett
- Council
- Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.31605, -6.30475
- Date of survey
- 15 August 1995
- HB reference
- HB17/03/057
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 1866 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
A closed head lever type pump. It has a plain shaped column with two circular bands around the column and leaf decoration on the cap. It is distinguished by a large bracket to support the handle fulcrum and a spout relatively low down the column. It is located in a small square on the west side of the road and is now incorporated in a flower bed.
Historical information
Cited on the 1918 OS 6 inch map (PRONI Ref 6/3/34/4). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 42.
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
Z. Rarity
Evaluation
A very unusually designed lever handle water pump in an attractive public setting. It is an important reminder of when drinking water was only available from public sources.
Nearby in the register
- Telephone Kioskunder 1 mi
- Bovenett HouseHouseunder 1 mi
- St Mellan's Parish ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- St Patrick’s Roman Catholic ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.