Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB02/03/032

Address :
Water Pump Dromore Avenue Highlands Road Dromore Ballykelly Co Londonderry BT49 9LX

Townland:
Dromore

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Pump

Former Use
Pump

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
29/9

IG Ref:
C6520 2008

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Cast iron pump at one side of a green in front of a row of post Second World War council houses. Structure about 1200mm high with a 150mm diameter stem ending in a square plate bolted to a concrete base. Shallow concrete trough beside base running to a grating beside the road. Head of pump more decorative with a ribbed collar at the top of the stem. Above, the head expands to a width of 300mm in a concave ribbed circle. A 75mm diameter spout projects with a small finial on its nose. A collar above has the legend ‘J McCandless & Company Coleraine’ and to the north side the bracket for the pump handle projects. The handle has been broken off near the hinge. Above, the width of the head reduces to around 250mm diameter in a convex ribbed curve. The original top of the pump is missing and has been replaced by insitu concrete - curved to form a cap. Former Highlands Primary School (HB02/03/031) is nearby.

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Not recorded on Ordnance Survey Maps, so hard to determine age. Likely that the structure dates from the late 19th century and was in use (as evidenced by the trough) to at least the post war construction of the nearby houses and probably (due to its survival) to the 1970s.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Victorian water pump of a pleasing decorative style which adds a little historical character to its surroundings. Mass produced, these were once very common objects in the landscape. In a year of examining the Limavady area this is the first such public pump we have encountered, and is thus now a rare object of local historical and social importance. However the loss of the arm and the replacement of the cap with concrete (probably for safety reasons) has reduced the quality of the object. It is not at present suitable for listing.

General Comments

Date of Survey

14 May 1998