Survey Data
Reg No
30411314
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1860 - 1880
Coordinates
144183, 209245
Date Recorded
19/08/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, with banded cylindrical shaft, fluted head and fluted domed cap with pointed finial, banded spout with bucket grip and cow's tail pumping handle. Stands atop concrete platform accessed by concrete steps, and with concrete trough to east side.
Appraisal
This pump displays artistic detail in its functional design, having an elegantly curved handle and decorative fluted cap, all of which indicate the high standards of industrial design in cast-ironwork in the nineteenth century. The prominent siting at a crossroads is significant, indicative of its role as a communal water source and the functional and social role it played in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.