Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB08/07/002

Address :
Pump Beside 77 Main Street Tobermore Co Derry

Townland:
Tobermore

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Survey 2:
B1

Date of Listing:
16/10/1995 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:
77/8

IG Ref:
H8285 9659

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Owner Category

Local Govt

Exterior Description And Setting

Rotary type pump. Column splay shaped with fluted decorations. The cap has fluted decoration with pointed finial. This pump has a spout lug but no pedestal. In prominent roadside location.

Architects

Historical Information

Pump cited here on the 1905 OS 6 inch map (PRONI OS 10/5/36/14/1). Further particulars in the EHS Report ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey ‘ by Fred Hamond, January 1997, Pump No 2.

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

Good example of a rotary type water pump in a prominenet roadside position. This is a rare example, and a reminder of when drinking water was only available in the street.

General Comments

Date of Survey

01 July 1997