Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB18/06/003 B

Address :
Pump situated in the Farmyard Montalto Estate Ballynahinch Co Down

Townland:
Ballymaglave North

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Survey 2:
B1

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

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
Pump

Former Use
Pump

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
Yes

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Yes

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OS Map No:
204/6

IG Ref:
J3648 5142

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

A cow tail closed head lever pump. It is of unusual design in having floral decorations around a hexagonal head, fish scale decoration around the column and a cap with an oak finial. Inscription on spout reads -'Wm J Scott Plumber Belfast.' The pump is located in the centre a listed courtyard (HB18/06/003A)

Architects

Historical Information

Possible 19th C. Marked on the OS 25 inch map (Down29/3). Earlier maps not checked. Further particulars in the EHS report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland : A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 36.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style C. Ornamentation K. Group value

Historic Interest

X. Local Interest Z. Rarity

Evaluation

This is a prticulary good example of a cow tailed water pump with unusual fishscale decoration and the plumber's name. It has group value with the surrounding courtyard and other listed buildings on the Montalto estate..

General Comments

Date of Survey

15 August 1995