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Water Pump, Bowden

A Category C Listed Building in Bowden, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.5665 / 55°33'59"N

Longitude: -2.7085 / 2°42'30"W

OS Eastings: 355417

OS Northings: 630543

OS Grid: NT554305

Mapcode National: GBR 94J2.FD

Mapcode Global: WH7WX.CBHZ

Plus Code: 9C7VH78R+JJ

Entry Name: Water Pump, Bowden

Listing Name: Bowden, Pump

Listing Date: 23 June 2003

Category: C

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 330203

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB25

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200330203

Location: Bowden

County: Scottish Borders

Electoral Ward: Selkirkshire

Parish: Bowden

Traditional County: Roxburghshire

Tagged with: Well

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Description

Dated 1861. Octagonal enclosure of village well known as pump. Squared and snecked rubble with contrasting red sandstone ashlar dressings and polygonal ball-finialled slated roof and cobbled surround. Relief carved stone worded 'ERECTED 1861' over metal rod, 2 boarded timber doors (large and small), 2 stone troughs (semicircular and rectangular).

Statement of Interest

Groome refers to the pump as "a handsome modern fountain".

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