Survey Data
Reg No
20803021
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Social, Technical
Original Use
Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing
In Use As
Cobbles/flags/paving/kerbing
Date
1850 - 1910
Coordinates
154274, 109036
Date Recorded
25/09/2006
Date Updated
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Description
Street furniture to Buttevant town, c. 1900, comprising limestone kerbing to pavements along Main Street and Barrack Place and to former carriage entrances. Limestone drains to pavements, leading from down pipe to gutter. Painted cast-iron water hydrants, having fluted shafts, acorn finials and cast-iron drains.
Appraisal
These traditional items of street furniture form an integral part of the historic streetscape. The water hydrants add colour and mid-nineteenth-century interest, while the limestone kerbing and cobbling and the cast-iron drains are reminiscent of the early twentieth century, exhibiting fine craftsmanship. The limestone drains in the pavements show an interesting technical and aesthetic solution to the problem of drainage in the town.