Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB05/03/035

Address :
Pump on the Cushendun Road Cushendall Co. Antrim

Townland:
Tavnaghan

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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:

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
24/8

IG Ref:

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

A cow tail closed head lever type pump with a plain spirally decorated column and a fluted cap. It is partially demolished and is situated in a roadside alcove near three semi detached houses.

Architects

Historical Information

Nothing on the 1903 OS 25 inch map (PRONI Ref OS 10/1/20/1/1), and houses only on the 1920 edition (/2). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pumps no 54.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

This partially demolished water pump is a reminder of when drinking water was only available from public places. Its incomplete condition precludes listing. There are other better listed examples.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 August 1995