Pump, By 16 Main Street, Castledawson, Co. Londonderry is a Grade B1 listed building in the Mid Ulster local planning authority area, Northern Ireland. First listed on 16 October 1995.
Pump, By 16 Main Street, Castledawson, Co. Londonderry
- WRENN ID
- roaming-postern-myrtle
- Grade
- B1
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Ulster
- Constituency
- Mid Ulster MP: Mr Cathal Mallaghan (SF)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1995
- Address
- Pump, By 16 Main Street, Castledawson, Co. Londonderry, Shanemullagh
- Irish grid reference
- H 929 932
- Coordinates
- 54.77812, -6.55692
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a rotary water pump of 1880 to 1899, situated at 16 Main Street, Castledawson, County Londonderry. It is a good example of its type and occupies a prominent position in the village centre, where it once provided the only source of street drinking water.
The pump has a column that flares outwards and is decorated with flutes. The cap is similarly fluted and topped with a pointed finial. It features a spout lug but lacks a pedestal. The pump is located in a visible roadside position.
The pump is marked on Ordnance Survey maps from 1906 and 1926 (held at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, reference PRONI OS 10/5/42/6/1 and 2), suggesting it may predate 1907. Further information can be found in the Environment Heritage Service report, 'Water Pumps in Northern Ireland: A Preliminary Survey' by Fred Hamond (January 1997), Pump No. 5.
The pump is of local interest, demonstrates rarity, and is also notable for its social, cultural, and economic significance, reflecting its industrial archaeological value, its style, proportions, ornamentation, and setting. It is owned by the local government.
Local climate
Pump, By 16 Main Street, Castledawson, Co. Londonderry 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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