Pump outside 8 Seapark Avenue

Holywood, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland

The record

Designation: Record only (not listed)
Grade: Record Only
Type: Pump
Date of construction: 1920 - 1939
Address: Pump outside 8 Seapark Avenue, Holywood, Co. Down
Townland: Holywood
Council: Ards and North Down
Country: Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54.64584, -5.82752
Date of survey: 15 August 1995
HB reference: HB23/18/057

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1900 "Ireland" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Department's description

Exterior description and setting

A lever pump with a plain shaped column with spiral incised column. The original cowtailed handle has been replaced with plain tubing and the cap with a hinged piece of flat metal. The column is inscribed 'McCleave Holywood' around top. It is located in a roadside walled niche in the middle of a housing development.

Historical information

House and alcove for pump shown on 1931 25 inch OS map (PRONI ref OS 10/3/1/9/2) but pump not actually captioned until 1938 (/4). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammons, January 1997, Pump No 45.

Criteria for listing: architectural interest

Not listed

Criteria for listing: historic interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This cow tailed pump has lost some of its interest as it has lost its handle and original top. It remains an important reminder of the time 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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