Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB17/01/047

Address :
Pump 35 Park Lane Gilford Co Down

Townland:
Mullabrack

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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:
No

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OS Map No:
220/6

IG Ref:

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Owner Category

Exterior Description And Setting

Description at October 2006: Adjacent house has been demolished but pump remains in tact. Description at June 2005. A cow tailed closed head lever pump with a plain shaped spirally decorated column and a fluted cap with an acorn finial. It is inscribed T A Shillington and Son, Portadown around the head. It is located at the front door of the farmhouse.

Architects

Historical Information

Local informant stated that it was installed by Mr Joe Harvey in 1921. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 27. House was demolished following the erection of replacement dwelling between 1995 and 2006.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Good example of a cow tail pump with inscription intact. It has now largely lost its context as the house it served has been demolished.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 June 1995