Survey Data
Reg No
40400706
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1870 - 1890
Coordinates
219441, 327449
Date Recorded
17/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c.1880. Fluted shaft on ogee-moulded base, with roll-moulded necking and capital, fluted domed cap with acorn finial. Lion mask spout overlaid on necking, recent tap fitted to rim of capital. Set into tarmac on public footpath with base partially beneath surface.
Appraisal
This water hydrant is of technical and social heritage interest, dating from the period before public mains water supply when clean drinking water was provided at a communal source. Its survival in its original context enhances its interest. This hydrant is one of a set of three in the locality of Swanlinbar. It is also of design interest, demonstrating the high aesthetic quality of functional cast-iron work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.