Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Fountain
Ballyhowne, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Fountain
- Date of construction
- 1920 - 1939
- Address
- Fountain, Opposite 26 Bridge Road, Monkstown, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim
- Townland
- Ballyhowne
- Council
- Antrim and Newtownabbey
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.68954, -5.92150
- Date of survey
- 15 July 1995
- HB reference
- HB21/11/009
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 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Description at July 1995: A fountain with a plain shaped fluted column. It is inscribed 'Kennedy, Kilmarnock' on internal mechanism. The spout is missing (possibly the water issued through the now missing cap). It is located on the roadside beside the end of the bridge parapet and opposite the terrace of houses.
Description at July 2006: Pump has been removed.
Historical information
Houses (but no fountain) on the 1920 OS 25 inch map (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/40/4/1). Fountain shown on the 1938 edition (/2) and on the 1951 map (/3). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 55.
Pump was removed c????
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
Pump has been removed.
Nearby in the register
- MONKSTOWN BRIDGEBRIDGEunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Railway,No type recordedunder 1 mi
- Auld's BridgeBridgeunder 1 mi
- Monkstown Bridge over Railway, Jordanstown Road, Newtownabbey,No type recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.