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water pump — Shercock Road

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water pump — Shercock Road
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Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected 1876, refurbished c.2010. Comprising banded shaft, with moulded spout, fluted cap with pointed finial, and with curved cow's tail pumping arm. Set on recent plinth of stone setts. Panel of ashlar masonry provides backdrop, set against rubble wall, with heavily moulded curvilinear head-with-checks, bearing inscribed crucifix and IHS, with inscription below reading 'WHO DRINKS HEREAT SHALL THIRST AGAIN/BUT WATERS ARE IN STORE/SO PURE SO DEEP THAT ALL WHO WILL/MAY DRINK AND THIRST NO MORE/ERECTED BY EPS ANN 1876'.

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