Fountain outside 29 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 29 December 2006. Fountain.

Fountain outside 29 Main Street, Sixmilecross, Omagh, Co. Tyrone

WRENN ID
scarred-minaret-sage
Grade
B2
Local Planning Authority
Fermanagh and Omagh
Constituency
West Tyrone MP: Órfhlaith Begley (SF)
Country
Northern Ireland
Date first listed
29 December 2006
Type
Fountain
Irish grid reference
H 570 679
Coordinates
54.5568, -7.11911
Source
NI Environment Agency listing

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Description

This public water fountain, dating from between 1900 and 1919, is one of a group of such structures in Sixmilecross, serving as a relic of a time when public water pumps provided the primary source of drinking water. The fountain features a plain, shaped, fluted column topped with an acorn finial and a lion's mouth spout to dispense water. Inscribed on the column are the words "Glenfield & Kennedy Td/Kilmarnock". Water troughs are indicated on Ordnance Survey maps from 1906 and 1937, although no pumps themselves are specifically labelled. Further information can be found in the Environment Heritage Service (EHS) report "Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey". This fountain has industrial archaeological interest and contributes to the local social and cultural heritage, demonstrating local importance. It retains its original function and is owned by the local government.

Local climate

Fountain outside 29 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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