water pump — Attymon

The saved account records: Cast-iron water pump, installed c.1870, with banded cylindrical shaft, fluted domed cap with pointed finial, fluted spout with plain bucket grip and curved cow's tail pumping handle.

The saved account records: Located at roadside within enclosure with rendered walls.

The saved wording does not establish one complete story of attack, rebuilding, abandonment, damage or later change. No single cause is claimed without evidence.

The official record fixes the place and calls it water pump. It does not provide a full list of finds or a current condition report, so visible and buried remains are not guessed.

water pump — Attymon matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This water pump exhibits artistic detail in its design, with its elegantly curved handle and fluted cap and spout. It illustrates the high standard of industrial design achieved in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Water pumps played an important social and functional role in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, by providing a communal water source. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.