Survey Data
Reg No
15317012
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Vent pipe
In Use As
Vent pipe
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
218146, 238511
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron vent pipe, erected c.1890, comprising fluted pedestal with moulded necking, and cylindrical shaft over having splayed saw tooth-profiled parapet. Tonge and Taggart makers/foundry mark to the base. Now disused. Road fronted. Located to the south of St. Oliver Plunkett Boys National School and to the west end of Moate.
Appraisal
This vent pipe, which is now disused, is of social significance as an historical reminder of the sanitary/sewerage system that was developed in many Irish towns and villages during the late nineteenth-century. This vent pipe now forms a subtle feature in the streetscape and is of some design merit, having been conceived as an aesthetic as well as functional item. Cast-iron vent pipes are now becoming increasingly rare features in Irish streetscapes and are worthy of protection.