Survey Data
Reg No
40305001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social, Technical
Original Use
Water pump
Date
1900 - 1920
Coordinates
251977, 291082
Date Recorded
24/07/2012
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, c.1910, comprising fluted shaft with projecting spout under fluted ogee dome with acorn finial, moulded necking with recent tap. Now disused. Set back from line of road on concrete pavement at junction.
Appraisal
This water hydrant is of social interest, dating from a period before mains water supply was readily available and when clean drinking water was provided as a communal source. It is conveniently located at a road junction on the outskirts of the town. Conceived as an aesthetic as well as functional object, it is an execellent example of the high quality design of mass produced cast-iron work in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.