Survey Data
Reg No
12305036
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Vent pipe
In Use As
Vent pipe
Date
1890 - 1910
Coordinates
240714, 164741
Date Recorded
19/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron vent pipe, c.1900, with fluted cylindrical pedestal having stringcourse, fluted frieze supporting moulded necking, and cylindrical shaft having saw tooth-profiled parapet. Road fronted on concrete footpath.
Appraisal
Making a pleasing, if subtle impression in the streetscape a vent pipe supplied by the Drogheda Ironworks foundry represents an important artefact of early mass-produced cast-iron ware. However, while refined detailing betrays the concerns with aesthetic effects the vent pipe remains of primary importance for the associations with the development of a sewage system in Freshford in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century.