Water pump in Ballyhale, County Kilkenny

What is recorded here

Water pump in Ballyhale stands on a limestone base with a little finial crowning its head. It's retired from supplying water but kept the pedestal and the crown. Try getting that deal when you leave your job.

Freestanding cast-iron waterpump, c.1875, comprising banded cylindrical shaft having moulded necking, fluted cylindrical head having spout, curvilinear 'cow tail' handle, and moulded domed capping having finial. Now disused. Set back from line of road on cut-limestone base.

A pleasant, if discreet feature in the streetscape representing an important example of early mass-produced cast-iron ware. Embossed and raised details indicate the artistic design aspirations of the composition: however, intended primarily as a functional piece the waterpump is of particular interest as evidence of the mechanisms put in place for the provision of clean water from a local source or well before the development of mains systems.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12322004

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