Water pump, Outside 5 Tavnaghan Terrace, Tromra Road, Cushendall, Ballymena, Co. Antrim, BT44 0SZ

A disused roadside cow-tailed water pump probably erected by Ballycastle Rural District Council c.1915 to serve adjacent houses. The pump is located outside one of six semi-detached single-storey houses on the W side of the main road between Cushendall and Cushendun. It is mounted on a square concrete plinth over a concrete-capped well (which is apparently fed from a nearby spring). It is of cast-iron construction with a spiral-fluted column, vertically-fluted bulbous top, and cap with fluted rim and acorn finial. There is a wrought-iron cow-tail pump at one side, and a quarter-turn spout (lug for a bucket handle) to front. Although now disused, its internal mechanism appears to be intact. It is enclosed to W and N by a low rendered concrete block wall. Materials: Pump body Cast-iron Cow-tail Wrought iron Setting: The pump is on the roadside at the entrance to no.5 Tavnaghan Terrace. This is one of six semi-detached houses in its vicinity, all of which are 1990s replacements of the three original houses which it served. The rural situation of these and the previous houses is underscored by the fields on the opposite side of the road.