Survey Data
Reg No
15322022
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
In Use As
Water pump
Date
1870 - 1910
Coordinates
241641, 237905
Date Recorded
08/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1890, with banded cylindrical neck, fluted cap with finial and 'cow's tail' handle. Located to the northeast end of Tyrrellspass and surrounded on three sides by a rubble limestone wall with some remaining flagstones to base.
Appraisal
Water pumps played an important social role in the late nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries by providing a communal water source. This cast-iron pump represents an early artefact of mass-produced cast-iron work and now serves as an attractive piece of street furniture, aesthetically enhances the streetscape of Tyrrellspass. The attractive boundary wall and the remaining flagstones to the base add to the setting.