Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Garden
- District
- Restormel
- Town
- St Austell
- County
- Cornwall
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 9 November 2014
Attended by: Heligan staff, relatives of men, Friends of Heligan
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 63622
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Current location
Thunderbox Room in the Gardens.
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
Pentewan
St Austell
Restormel
Cornwall
PL26 6EN
England
OS Grid Ref: SW 99811 46570
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The signatures of the gardeners of Heligan House written in pencil on the lime plaster wall of the Thunderbox Room, the toilet and bothy, above the date 'August 1914'.
- Inscription
- Don't come here to sleep or slumber/ August 1914/ (Names) - - Inscription on 2014 plaque reads: "In 2013 The Imperial War Museum recorded this/ ‘THUNDERBOX ROOM IN THE GARDENS’/ as a ‘Living Memorial’ to the/ ‘GARDENERS OF HELIGAN HOUSE’/ (Ref. 63622 in the U.K. National Inventory of War Memorials)/ The ongoing restoration is our tribute to their memory.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ball, C
Barron
Carhart
Dyer, C
Guy, W
Paynter
Rowe, Albert
Varey, J
Warne, L
See details for all 9 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 4
Died: 9
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Garden
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Plant Material - Plaque
Measurements: height 28cm, width 24cm
Materials: Cast Iron - Building
Measurements: height 1m, width 2m
Materials: Stone
- Garden
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Heligan House Gardeners
- WMO ID: 186031
- Condition: Good [last updated on 18-12-2018]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2016: Original signatures on memorial remain after a century but are now mostly illegible. 2014: New plaque installed outside memorial, following extended research into Heligan’s connection with WW1. 1990: Discovery of Thunderbox Room by John Nelson and Tim Smit in derelict and totally overgrown area of the Gardens. Followed by structural restoration and return to full function – a Living Memorial to past staff.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Other
- Responsibility
- Heligan Gardens Ltd
- Reference
- Smit, Candy, The Lost Gardens of Heligan: Heligan History - Lost Gardens, Lost Gardeners. A Commemorative Album of Heligan through the Twentieth Century. Updated and Reprinted edition. Heligan Gardens Ltd, 2012.
- World War Zoo: worldwarzoogardener1939.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/remembering-zoo-staff-killed-on-active-service-poppy-days-are-here-again-in-the-world-war-zoo-gardens-at-newquay-zoo/
- Our Blog ukniwm.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/lost-gardeners/
- Other website heligan.com/the-story
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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