Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB16/02/069

Address :
Fountain situated in Silent Valley Annalong Newry Co. Down

Townland:
Carrigenagh Upper

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Survey 2:
B2

Date of Listing:
23/11/2007 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Fountain

Former Use
Fountain

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
278/4

IG Ref:
J3070 2127

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Owner Category

Central Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Description on 08.08.2007. Standard fountain design with fluted column, lion head spout and and fluted domed top with acorn finial. Bucket bracket intact at base. Base is bolted into concrete base with run off to drain. There is a cast inscription at the base of the column which reads 'Glenfield Coy? Limited Kilmarnock' . This was the usual manufacturer of other fountains of this type. The pump is sited close to the Silent Valley reservoir and to listed buildings associated with the water supply, with a backdrop of the Mourne mountains. It is operational in its present location

Architects

Historical Information

Installed as an ornamental feature c 1990 but later given a water supply . It is now in full working order. It is thought that it was brought form Belfast where it had originally been installed. This type of fountain was installed in the early twentieth century wnhen a pressurised mains water supply became available. Further particulars in the EHS Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no. 79.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

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

Historic Interest

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

Evaluation

Typical water fountain of the type found in other parts of N Ierland. Although not in it's original location it is possibly the only operational fountain in N Ireland and is located in the Silent Valley where the pressurised water supply originated for it's former site in Belfast.

General Comments

Date of Survey

08 August 2007