Fountain situated in

Strangford Lower, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade B2
Grade: B2
Type: Fountain
Date of listing: 29 December 2006
Date of construction: 1920 - 1939
Address: Fountain situated in, Quay Lane, Strangford, Co. Down
Townland: Strangford Lower
Council: Newry, Mourne and Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.37257, -5.55599
Date of survey: 15 May 1995
HB reference: HB18/08/140

TodayHistorical map

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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

Although without a makers name, this fountain is of similar style to the standard Glenfield and Kennedy fountain. It has a plain shaped column with fluted decoration and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. It is apparently supplied by a well at Tullyratty. It still works.

Historical information

Installed by the Rural District Council c1935. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no. 25.

In 2006 a local resident said that it had been taken away but was returned after local protest. It is no longer connected to a water supply..

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

A. Style
B. Proportion
C. Ornamentation
J. Setting
K. Group value

Criteria for listing: historic interest

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

Evaluation

A good example of a water fountain in a prominent position in a conservation area. It is an important reminder of the time when drinking water was only available from a public source.

Nearby in the register

6 THE QUAYHOUSEunder 1 mi
22 CASTLE ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi
BOUNDARY WALL ALONG LOUGH ROAD TO GAS QUAYWALLINGunder 1 mi
41 CASTLE ST.HOUSEunder 1 mi

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

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