Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB11/07/035

Address :
Pump outside 76 Main Street Beragh Omagh Co. Tyrone

Townland:
Beragh

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
03/08/2007 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:
138/16

IG Ref:
H5441 6722

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

A fountain with a plain shaped fluted column, a lions mouth pout and an acorn finial. The column is inscribed 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ld, Kilmarnock'. Sited in a prominent roadside location at a road junction.

Architects

Historical Information

Several pumps are cited in the village on the 1906 and 1937 OS 25 inch maps (PRONI Ref OS 10/6/44/5/1 and 2), but none at this location. It is therefore concluded that this one was installed after 1936. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pumpno 73.

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 well maintained similar fountains in Beragh. They are a reminder of when drinking water was only available from a public place.

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 September 1995