Fountain, Outside 30 Main Street, Sixmilecross, Omagh, Co. Tyrone is a Grade B2 listed building in the Fermanagh and Omagh local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 3 August 2007.
Fountain, Outside 30 Main Street, Sixmilecross, Omagh, Co. Tyrone
- WRENN ID
- hollow-outpost-bistre
- Grade
- B2
- Local Planning Authority
- Fermanagh and Omagh
- Constituency
- West Tyrone MP: Órfhlaith Begley (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 2007
- Irish grid reference
- H 570 679
- Coordinates
- 54.55688, -7.1183
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a public water fountain, dating from between 1900 and 1919, located outside 30 Main Street, Sixmilecross, County Tyrone. It is one of a small group of public water fountains in the village, serving as a tangible reminder of the time when the only source of drinking water was a public pump.
The fountain consists of a plain, fluted column topped with a lion's mouth spout from which water flows. The column is inscribed with the words 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ld / Kilmarnock', indicating the manufacturer. Water troughs were formerly located along the street, as shown on Ordnance Survey maps from 1906 and 1937, although no pumps are explicitly marked. Further information can be found in Fred Hammond’s 1997 report, 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey,' reference number 69.
The fountain exhibits industrial archaeological interest and contributes to the group value of public amenities in the area. It also holds local historical and social importance, reflecting the community's past reliance on public water sources. The fountain is owned by the local government.
Local climate
Fountain, Outside 30 Main Street, Sixmilecross, Omagh, Co. Tyrone sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 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 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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