Jubilee Water Pump, On north side of Main Street near the Library, Broughshane, Ballymena Co. Antrim is a Grade B1 listed building in the Mid and East Antrim local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 2 August 1993.
Jubilee Water Pump, On north side of Main Street near the Library, Broughshane, Ballymena Co. Antrim
- WRENN ID
- little-iron-fen
- Grade
- B1
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid and East Antrim
- Constituency
- North Antrim MP: Jim Allister (TUV)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 2 August 1993
- Irish grid reference
- D 150 065
- Coordinates
- 54.89325, -6.20791
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a late 19th-century cow-tailed water pump, situated on the north side of Main Street, near the library in Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim. It stands in a prominent position in the village centre and serves as a reminder of a time when public sources were the only readily available drinking water.
The pump is of the lever (closed head) type, featuring a distinctive cow-tailed handle. It has a straight column decorated with spiral motifs. The cap is fluted and topped with an acorn finial. A spout lug is present, but there is no pedestal. The pump is inscribed with the name 'Hugh Casey B'Vadden'. A modern plaque affixed to the cast iron railings reads ‘Jubilee Pump/Erected 1897’. The pump is accompanied by a stone trough.
The structure was noted on an Ordnance Survey map of 1925 (six-inch to one mile scale), referenced as PRONI OS 10/1/33/6/1, and is further documented in Fred Hamond’s 1997 report, ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’, under Pump No 4. The listing covers the pump and its surrounding railings.
The pump represents a significant example of industrial archaeology and has local interest; it is valued for its style, proportions, ornamentation, and setting.
Local climate
Jubilee Water Pump, On north side of Main Street near the Library, Broughshane, Ballymena Co. Antrim sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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