Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pair of Town Pumps
Beaumaris, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- No class recorded
- Date of designation
- 13 July 2005
- Locality
- Beaumaris
- Town
- Beaumaris
- Community
- Beaumaris
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 53.26471, -4.09098
- Cadw reference
- 84795
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1896 "Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
On the S side and in the grounds of David Hughes Community Centre, with the castle moat on the E side and a returned section of listed brick-lined wall.
History
Water pumps said to have been dated 1829. The pumps are shown on the 1861 town plan, where the earlier 1829 town plan had shown a reservoir. The pumps were moved immediately to the N in the late C20 when public toilets were built over the original site.
Exterior
A pair of square cast iron pumps in square panelled sections with pyramidal caps over a similar but broader base. On the R side of each pump is a long iron handle, and in the front a water spout. Above each spout are fixing holes for a former plate, which probably bore the date.
Reason for designation
Listed for their special historic interest as a well-preserved C19 roadside feature and for the contribution to the setting of Beaumaris Castle.
Nearby in the register
- David Hughes Community CentreEducationunder 1 mi
- Wall enclosing garden at rear of 2 Castle StreetDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gatepiers and Gates, Ticket office, Boundary Walls and Railings at Beaumaris CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- House and Spinning Wheel Tea RoomsDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.