Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
15/08/2000
Date of Amendment
15/08/2000
Name of Property
Water lift pump by Pont Fathew
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Location
The pump stands in a small landscaped area of recent origin, on the N bridge head, in the centre of the village.
Broad Class
Water Supply and Drainage
History
Erected probably in the mid-late C19 when a piped public water supply was brought to the village.
Exterior
A lift pump of cast iron, consisting of a plain 6-in diameter pipe rising to a plain chamber at the top, provided with a rod handle curved into a loop at the end. The discharge pipe has a hook for buckets. No maker or registration plates. It has recently been painted.
Reason for designation
Included as a well preserved C19 water pump, one of a group of such pumps in the area, an interesting example of a public amenity, unusual in a rural area.
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