Stench Pipe, Mossvale Road, Dromore, Co. Down, BT25 1TL

Sewer ventilation pipe with ornate cylindrical cast iron fluted and banded base and a plain vertical metal pipe riser extending to approximately 9m. The riser pipe is metal, in two sections, with an intermediate cast iron joint collar and a cast iron crown top. Makers plate is screwed to E side of base at ground level stating ‘W E FARRER Ltd BIRMINGHAM’. Pipe riser, base, collar and crown appear unpainted in bare metal, all exhibit surface corrosion. The ventilation pipe is set at front of pavement on south side of Mossvale Road, Dromore, approximately 600m due E of Market Square/ town centre. Site is located in a valley between two ridges, the valley gently falls to the west. |OSNI 4th edition map shows pipe position opposite long residential terrace which appears still extant, while moderm educational and residential development now surrounds pipe position.