Survey Data
Reg No
11822024
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1900
Coordinates
279529, 196042
Date Recorded
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Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1880, comprising fluted shaft with lion mask spout, moulded necking with handle having ball finial. Now disused with capping missing. Set back from line of road on tarmacadam footpath.
Appraisal
This water hydrant is of some historical and technical interest, dating to a period before mains water supply when a communal source of clean drinking water was deemed sufficient. The survival of the water hydrant in its original location is of importance - elsewhere removed and re-instated as ornamental features, the example at Ballitore survives as a reminder of early cast-iron work. The water hydrant is attractively sited just off the line of the road and is of artistic importance, having been conceived as an aesthetic, as well as functional, piece.