Grylls Monument
| Grylls Monument | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Pictured in 2010 | |
  Location in Cornwall | |
| General information | |
| Location | Helston, Cornwall |
| Coordinates | 50°06′01″N 05°16′39″W / 50.10028°N 5.27750°W |
| Opened | 1834 |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Monument to H M Grylls |
| Designated | 22 May 1972 |
| Reference no. | 1196470 |
Grylls Monument in Helston, Cornwall, is designated by Historic England as a Grade II* listed building. It is dedicated to Humphry Millet Grylls, a businessman who had kept a local tin mine, Wheal Vor, open through a period of recession, safeguarding 1,200 jobs. The monument was funded by public subscription, and built in 1834. The monument is built out of granite ashlar in a Gothic style, and provides a gateway into a bowling green.
History
In 1819, two of the owners of Wheal Vor were declared bankrupt, and Humphry Millet Grylls, a local solicitor and banker, was appointed as an assignee. Grylls proceeded to purchase the mine, along with others for £18,000, (approximately £1,800,000 in 2024 terms.)[1][2] This action kept the mine open, and safeguarded the jobs of around 1,200 people.[3] He was presented with a silver vase in 1830,[4] but after his death in 1834 a public subscription was started for the building of a monument in his memory.[5]
Architecture
The monument was designed by Richard Wightwick of Plymouth,[6] and was subsequently listed as a grade II* building in 1972.[7]
References
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2019). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Wood Renton, Alexander (1900). The English reports. London: Stevens & Sons. pp. 773–779.
- ^ "Restoration of the Grylls Monument". Cornwall Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 November 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Presentation of a splendid silver vase to H. M. Grylls, Esq". Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal. Truro. 25 September 1830. p. 3.
- ^ "Funeral of Humphrey Millet Grylls, Esq". Cornwall Royal Gazette, Falmouth Packet and Plymouth Journal. Truro. 3 May 1834. p. 2.
- ^ "Grylls Monument - HELSTON HISTORY". Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "MONUMENT TO H M GRYLLS, Helston - 1196470 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2021.