Survey Data

Reg No

22403508


Rating

Regional


Categories of Special Interest

Artistic, Social, Technical


Original Use

Water pump


Date

1850 - 1890


Coordinates

209672, 163153


Date Recorded

12/07/2004


Date Updated

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Description

Cast-iron water pump, c.1870, with banded cylindrical shaft, fluted neck, fluted spout with ram's head bucket grip, fluted cap with pointed finial and cow's tail pumping handle. Set in rubble limestone walled enclosure.

Appraisal

This cast-iron water pump makes a positive contribution to the streetscape in Dovea. The decorative detailing, such as the banding and fluting add artistic interest to this functional object. Water pumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source.