Survey Data
Reg No
11903724
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1890 - 1920
Coordinates
274512, 189081
Date Recorded
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Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1905, comprising cylindrical shaft with raised horizontal banding, fluted upper section with fluted spout having acanthus leaf motif, fluted ogee-domed cap and 'cow-tail' handle having scroll finial. Now disused. Road fronted on a corner site on a concrete base with cut-stone boundary wall to rear to south-east.
Appraisal
This waterpump 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 - it is possible that the waterpump was installed by the Duke of Leinster of Kilkea Castle Demesne as it is positioned on a corner site with the boundary wall to that estate to rear (south-east). The survival of the waterpump in its original location is of importance - elsewhere removed and re-instated as ornamental features, the example at Kilkea survives as a reminder of early cast-iron work. The waterpump is attractively sited on a corner site on the crossroads at the core of the village of Kilkea and is of artistic importance, having been conceived as an aesthetic, as well as functional, piece.