Survey Data
Reg No
32400815
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Social, Technical
Previous Name
Lissadill House
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1810 - 1850
Coordinates
162623, 344791
Date Recorded
03/09/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Underground chamber, built c. 1830, containing cast-iron water handling equipment. Straight-sided approach path with embankments over, segmental-headed door opening, brick jambs and arch, painted vertically-sheeted timber door. Brick barrel-vaulted ceiling. Set in woods to north-east of Lissadell House.
Appraisal
A water ram, made by Blakes, which was fed from a dam in the nearby river through two header tanks. It fed a large storage tank (32400801), that in turn gravity fed Lissadell House. Due to poor pipework quite a large percentage of the pumped water was being lost through leaks. This, and a silted dam, resulted in the system falling into disuse in the early 1980s. The overpump water - the water wasted in order to pump the remainder - exits the pump house by a hidden sluice under the lowest step in the access stairs. It is of social and technical interest in the context of nineteenth century country house estate development.