Survey Data
Reg No
11817008
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1890 - 1920
Coordinates
272801, 212506
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, and fluted ogee dome over with acorn finial. Now disused. Set back from line of road on gravel verge.
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 Kildare town 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.