Survey Data
Reg No
12305011
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1875 - 1880
Coordinates
240666, 164675
Date Recorded
19/05/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, dated 1878, comprising tapered cylindrical pedestal shaft on moulded base with low relief band, fluted orb capping having low relief band, cast-iron spoked wheel, cast-iron handle, and finial. Now disused. Set back from road in square on inscribed limestone flagged base.
Appraisal
Representing an early artefact of mass-produced cast-iron work an attractive waterpump belonging to a rare design type forms a pleasant, if discreet feature in the centre of The Square on the position formerly occupied by a maypole as indicated by archival editions of the Ordnance Survey. Fine detailing enhances the artistic design quality of the composition and yet the waterpump remains of primary significance as a reminder of the mechanisms installed for the provision of water from a local source before the development of mains systems. The waterpump remains of additional importance in the locality for the historic associations with Thomas Eyre (b. c.1821) of nearby Uppercourt House (12305022/KK-13-05-22).