Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB11/20/015

Address :
Fountain outside 29 Main Street Sixmilecross Omagh Co. Tyrone

Townland:
Sixmilecross

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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:

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
139/13

IG Ref:
H5704 6796

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

A fountain with a plain shaped fluted column, a lions mouth spout and an acorn finial. The column is inscribed 'Glenfield & Kennedy Td/Kilmarnock'.

Architects

Historical Information

Water troughs are marked along the street on the 1906 and 1937 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/6/44/6/1 and 2), but no pumps explicitly cited. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 70.

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

One of a group of public water fountains in Sixmilecross. They are a reminder of when the only supply of drinking water was from a public water pump.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 September 1995