Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB05/05/017

Address :
Pump at 3 Drones Road Armoy Co Antrim

Townland:

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
25/01/2008 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:
No

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OS Map No:
15/14NE

IG Ref:
D0682 3273

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

Cow tailed cast iron water pump with spirally incised column and fluted cap with cast rings. . It has the plumbers name, who would have installed the pump, cast in to the head - A CLYDE BALLYMENA. Pump is situated in the yard of the house house it serves close to the main road

Architects

Historical Information

These water pumps were installed over wells in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The current owner remembers that around 1947 there were only 2 water pumps in Armoy, this one and another one in the centre of the village. The other one was often broken and the majority of villagers drew water from this pump.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

A. Style B. Proportion C. Ornamentation

Historic Interest

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

Evaluation

This is an increasing rare example of a once familiar feature and is a reminder if the time when drinking water was not available at the turn of a tap. It is in good condition and has social interest in that it served the whole village.

General Comments

Date of Survey

23 March 2007