Survey Data
Reg No
22819007
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1885 - 1915
Coordinates
210231, 92955
Date Recorded
02/10/2003
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1900, comprising fluted shaft with cast-iron pail stand, lion mask spout, and moulded necking. Now disused with capping now missing. Set back from line of road on grass verge.
Appraisal
An attractive item of street furniture making a discreet impact in the street scene. The waterpump represents an important, early-surviving artefact of mass-produced cast-iron ware, and is of particular importance as evidence of the mechanisms installed for the provision of clean drinking water in the period before mains water systems. The various raised embellishments, and particular the lion mask spout, enhance the artistic design quality of the piece.