Survey Data
Reg No
20912520
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
166272, 49253
Date Recorded
22/04/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, installed c.1870, having banded base, fluted neck and cap with pointed finial and cow tail handle. No longer in use. Set to roadside in concrete block recess on concrete plinth 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. 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.