Water pump, Between 17 and 19 Churchfield Road, Ballycastle, Co. Antrim

A disused roadside cow-tailed water pump erected by Ballycastle Rural District Council c.1939 to serve adjacent labourers' houses. The pump is located on the S side of a minor road towards the W end of a terrace comprising three pairs of semi-detached and one detached two-storey house. It is mounted on a low concrete plinth on top of a concrete-capped well. It is of cast-iron construction with a spiral-fluted column, and vertically-fluted bulbous top with two bands around. At one side is a wrought-iron cow-tail handle and at front is a quarter-turn spout with a lug for a bucket handle. Its cap and internal mechanism are now missing. The pump is enclosed to S and W by a painted cement-rendered wall. Materials: Pump body Cast-iron Cow-tail Wrought iron Setting: The pump is at the roadside end of the property boundary between nos 15 and 17 Churchfield Road. Apart from the houses and gardens, the environs are entirely rural and comprise hedged fields.