Village Pump, The Rock, Sandholes, Dungannon is a Grade B1 listed building in the Mid Ulster local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 1 October 1975. Pump.
Village Pump, The Rock, Sandholes, Dungannon
- WRENN ID
- broken-dormer-oak
- Grade
- B1
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Ulster
- Constituency
- West Tyrone MP: Órfhlaith Begley (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1975
- Type
- Pump
- Irish grid reference
- H 753 721
- Coordinates
- 54.59208, -6.83459
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
The Village Pump at The Rock, Sandholes, Dungannon, is a good example of a rotary water pump situated in a prominent central location, serving as a reminder of the era when street-side access to drinking water was the norm.
The pump features a splay-shaped column without decorative elements. The cap is decorated with fluting and an acorn finial. It includes a spout lug but lacks a pedestal. A metal cover is inscribed with “Winnington & Co / Wilson St/Belfast,” and the column is inscribed “George Espey & Son/Cookstown.” The pump is surrounded by a low rail.
The pump is recorded on Ordnance Survey maps from 1906 and 1935 (held at PRONI, reference OS 10/5/38/9/1 and 2), suggesting a likely installation date around 1905/06. Further details, including evidence supporting the installation date, can be found in the Environment Heritage Service report ‘Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey’ by Fred Hammond (January 1997), Pump No 3.
The pump is of industrial archaeological interest and possesses group value relating to its style, proportions, ornamentation, and setting. It holds local historical interest and reflects social, cultural, and economic considerations of the period, also demonstrating some rarity. It is currently owned by the local government.
Local climate
Village Pump, The Rock, Sandholes, Dungannon sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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