Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/03/057

Address :
Pump in front of 18 Scarva Street Loughbrickland Banbridge Co Down

Townland:
Bovennett

---

Survey 2:
B1

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:

Derelict:
No

---

OS Map No:
220/15

IG Ref:
J1037 4214

---

Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

A closed head lever type pump. It has a plain shaped column with two circular bands around the column and leaf decoration on the cap. It is distinguished by a large bracket to support the handle fulcrum and a spout relatively low down the column. It is located in a small square on the west side of the road and is now incorporated in a flower bed.

Architects

Historical Information

Cited on the 1918 OS 6 inch map (PRONI Ref 6/3/34/4). Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 42.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation J. Setting

Historic Interest

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

Evaluation

A very unusually designed lever handle water pump in an attractive public setting. It is an important reminder of when drinking water was only available from public sources.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 August 1995