Waterpump, Behind 77 Balfour Street, Newtownards, Co Down is a listed building in the Ards and North Down local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.

Waterpump, Behind 77 Balfour Street, Newtownards, Co Down

WRENN ID
former-foundation-laurel
Grade
Local Planning Authority
Ards and North Down
Constituency
Strangford MP: Jim Shannon (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Irish grid reference
J 487 745
Coordinates
54.59742, -5.69978
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This is a water pump dating from between 1880 and 1899. It is located in an alleyway behind 77 Balfour Street, Newtownards, County Down. The pump is of a cow tail closed head lever design, featuring a plain, unembellished head and a fluted cap. It is in fairly poor condition with degradation to its original setting. The pump is of industrial archaeological interest. It was shown on the 1901 Ordnance Survey map at a scale of 25 inches, alongside six others behind the terrace of houses (reference PRONI REF OS 10/3/6/9/1), but is absent on the 1920 and 1939 Ordnance Survey maps. Further details can be found in the Environment Heritage Service Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, published in January 1997, specifically as Pump no. 40.

Local climate

Waterpump, Behind 77 Balfour Street, Newtownards, Co Down sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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