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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

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1866 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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