Pump outside 139 Carhill Road, Swatragh, Maghera, Co. Londonderry is a Grade B2 listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 29 December 2006.

Pump outside 139 Carhill Road, Swatragh, Maghera, Co. Londonderry

WRENN ID
tilted-postern-dew
Grade
B2
Local Planning Authority
Causeway Coast and Glens
Constituency
East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
29 December 2006
Irish grid reference
C 852 095
Coordinates
54.92657, -6.6718
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

The building comprises a cow-tailed water pump situated in a prominent location outside a farmhouse and alongside a main road. Constructed between 1900 and 1919, it serves as an important reminder of a time when drinking water was sourced from public pumps. The pump is a closed-head lever type with a plain, spirally decorated column. It is of industrial archaeological interest and possesses notable architectural qualities relating to its style, proportions, ornamentation, and setting. Its historical significance lies in its social, cultural, economic importance, and its local interest. Further details can be found in the Environment and Heritage Service Report 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hammond, January 1997, Pump no 80.

Local climate

Pump outside 139 Carhill Road, Swatragh, Maghera, Co. Londonderry sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow 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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