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Pump in front of 60 Dunmore Road

Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation
Record only (not listed)
Grade
Record Only
Type
Pump
Date of construction
1900 - 1919
Address
Pump in front of 60 Dunmore Road, Spa, Ballynahinch, Co. Down
Council
Newry, Mourne and Down
Country
Northern Ireland
Coordinates
54.36316, -5.89777
Date of survey
15 August 1995
HB reference
HB18/16/040

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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

A closed head lever pump with a plain column and cap. It has the flag logo of Lee, Howl & Co of Tipton, England on one side and '3 1/2' on the other. It is complete save for a perished bucket seal. From the Lee, Howl & Co catalogue, it appears to be a 'Paragon York suction pump'. It is mounted on a board beside the front door of the house.

Historical information

Owner states that it was installed before 1922. A well only is shown at this location on the 1919 25 inch OS map (PRONI Ref OS 10/3/29/4/1). Probably installed c1920.
Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 37.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This simple lever type water pump has had its setting diminished by the refurbishment/replacement of the original house.

Nearby in the register

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

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