Sir Richard Lyttleton,
And to perpetuate the Remembrance
which rendered him
The delight of his own age,
And worthy the Veneration of
Posterity.
1771.
The country between Lostwithiel and St. Austell is pleasing, and most delightful views of the ocean occasionally present themselves.
On approaching the village of St. Blazey, about half a mile to the right, is Prideaux Place, at present the residence of David Howell, Esq.; but what perhaps engrosses the particular attention of the traveller, is a very fine bold promontory, nearly opposite the house, and the lands about it are ornamented with young plantations. The Church is a small antient fabric, standing on an eminence close to the mail road. From hence to St. Austell the distance is four miles.
Within one mile of that town, on the left, is Porthmear or Charlestown, now become of some considerable consequence, owing to the spirited and laudable exertions of Mr. Charles Rashleigh. Since the year 1791, a Pier has been built, and the pilchard fishery carried on. Some pilchard seans have been put on, and several buildings erected for that purpose. Here from this place also, most of the China clay brought from St. Stephen’s is exported.