Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB08/06/017

Address :
Pump at 126 Mullaghboy Road Bellaghy Magherafelt Co. Londonderry

Townland:
Ballymacpeake Upper

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
29/12/2006 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Pump

Former Use
Pump

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
65/16

IG Ref:
H9340 9979

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A cow tail closed head lever pump with a plain shaped spirally decorated column and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. It is located to the rear of the house, in the farmyard and adjoins a concrete water tank which was used to cool milk.

Architects

Historical Information

Cited on the OS 25 inch maps of 1905 and 1927 (PRONI Ref OS 10/5/37/6/1 and 2). Further particulars in the EHS report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland:@ A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump No. 21.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest

Evaluation

A well preserved cow tailed water pump situated in its original position in a farmyard.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 August 1995