Pump at

Strangford Lower, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Listed building, Grade B2
Grade: B2
Type: Pump
Date of listing: 29 December 2006
Date of construction: 1900 - 1919
Address: Pump at, 12 The Quay, Strangford, Co Down
Townland: Strangford Lower
Council: Newry, Mourne and Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.37303, -5.55615
Date of survey: 15 May 1995
HB reference: HB18/08/141

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A wall mounted open head lever pump without decoration on the body. The cap is fluted. It is fed from a well at the side of No. 13 via a 2 inch pipe. Inscription round top reads 'Patent no. 1842'.

Historical information

Local informant stated that it was installed by the De Ross Estate, possibly in the early 1900s. Immediately behind the pump is a blocked up door with an inset tablet reading 'AD 1824'. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1*997, Pump No. 26.

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

An unusual instalation in that it is fed from a well that is virtually at ground level and which contributes to the character of the pump and its setting.

Nearby in the register

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

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