Vent pipe in Killavally, County Westmeath

What is recorded here

Freestanding cast-iron vent pipe, erected c.1890, comprising of fluted pedestal with moulded detailing, cylindrical shaft over with banding at intervals and a saw-tooth profiled parapet. Located to southwest of Tyrrellspass adjacent to main road.

This freestanding vent pipe is of significance due to the role it played in the sewage system developed in Tyrrellspass the late nineteenth-century. This vent pipe now forms a subtle feature in the streetscape and is of some design merit, having been conceived as an aesthetic as well as functional item of street furniture.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 15322002

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