Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB08/07/013

Address :
Fountain Outside 9 Main Street Tobermore Magherafelt Co Londonderry

Townland:
Tobermore

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Survey 2:
B2

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

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Fountain

Former Use
Fountain

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
77/8

IG Ref:
H8323 9675

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Standard G & K fountain with a plain shaped fluted column and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. Interestingly it is inscribed 'Glenfield/ & Kennedy Ld/Kilmarnock' at the top of the column, but only 'Glenfield' at the base.

Architects

Historical Information

No fountain shown here on the 1905 or 1926 OS maps (PRONI ref OS10/5/36/14/1 and 2). Further particulars in the EHS report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no. 19.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation J. Setting K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest Y. Social, Cultural or Economic Importance

Evaluation

Water fountain in a prominent road side location in the centre of Tobermore. It also has group value with the other listed rotary type pump in the village.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 July 1995