Survey Data
Reg No
20850007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
152583, 46947
Date Recorded
16/06/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, installed c.1870, comprising banded base, fluted neck and cap with pointed finial, having cow tail handle. No longer in use. Set on concrete platform surrounded by recent rubble stone wall with stepped approach.
Appraisal
This water pump exhibits artistic detailing in its design, with an elegant handle, banded shaft, fluted cap and finial enlivening an otherwise functional item of street furniture. Water pumps such as this one once played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries providing a communal water source to rural communities. Located to the roadside it serves as a reminder of this era.