by Cornwall Heritage Trust | Mar 6, 2017 | News
The President, Chairman and Trustees of Cornwall Heritage Trust are delighted to announce that HRH The Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall has agreed to extend his Patronage of the Cornwall Heritage Trust for a further five years from January 2017. This is a great honour for the Trust and provides encouragement to all within the Trust to carry on their aim of preserving and strengthening Cornwall’s unique heritage. Having celebrated its 30th anniversary last year the Trust is busier than ever. It owns four properties of its own and manages a further seven historic sites in Cornwall on behalf of English Heritage, all of which are free to visit all year round. The Trust has been working in partnership with Cornwall Council on the Luxulyan Valley Heritage Restoration project, which received earmarked funding of £3.4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund in November 2015. This project will enable important restoration works to the Treffry Viaduct, an iconic monument owned by Cornwall Heritage Trust. The grants scheme offered by the Trust enables organisations and individuals to further its work in preserving Cornwall’s heritage and promoting the knowledge of Cornwall’s rich past. This work is also reflected in the education programme where Schools Transport Grants enable Primary Schools to take the children on trips to experience their Cornish heritage first hand. This renewed Patronage by His Royal Highness underlines the importance of the work done by the Trust and acknowledges the difference made by the promotion of Cornwall’s heritage. Lt Col Philip Hills, Chairman of the Trust commented: “This is a very exciting time for the Trust and we are...
by Cornwall Heritage Trust | Mar 6, 2017 | News
Another of our wonderful Story Cafes, this time focusing on Bohemian Crantock – 1920 – 1950. Please come along to Cosy Nook Tea Room on Wednesday 15th March at 6.30pm to hear the talk by Ben Dobson, Institute of Cornish Studies Associate...
by Cornwall Heritage Trust | Feb 28, 2017 | News
At the beginning of November the Trust were informed that the field in which Trethevy Quoit is located was for sale. While the quoit itself was gifted to the Government in the 1930s, the field was in separate ownership and a potential buyer was keen to use it for grazing horses. The Trust was most concerned about this as some years ago there had been many problems with the public accessing the quoit because of grazing horses. In consultation with the Government Agencies, Historic England and English Heritage, it was decided that Cornwall Heritage Trust should bid to acquire the field thus protecting this magnificent monument. The Trust are indebted to David Attwell, the Trustee that manages the East Cornwall sites, who successfully negotiated the purchase as well as a grant from Historic England to help pay for the land. If you would like to learn more about Trethevy Quoit, a monument managed by the Trust for English Heritage, click here...
by Cornwall Heritage Trust | Feb 28, 2017 | News
Cornwall Heritage Trust was delighted to learn that it has been chosen as a Waitrose “Community Matters Pillar” in the new Truro store for March 2017. How can you help? Well, at the end of your shop in the store, you’ll receive a token to place in the box of the good cause you’d most like to support. The more tokens a cause gets, the bigger the donation they receive. Each month every Waitrose branch donates £1,000 between 3 local good causes and in March Cornwall Heritage Trust will be one of those good causes! Every penny raised will go towards furthering the work the Trust undertakes to preserve and strengthen Cornwall’s unique heritage; this may be through the grant scheme, school transport grants or perhaps the ongoing work carried out at each of the 11 sites managed by the Trust throughout Cornwall. If you are planning a visit to the Waitrose store in Truro please consider using your token to help Cornwall Heritage Trust carry out its amazing work in...
by Cornwall Heritage Trust | Nov 8, 2016 | News
It’s not every day that HRH Prince of Wales, Dolly Pentreath, Kernow King and Richard Trevithick are involved with the launch of a new website, however this is exactly what happened last Friday at Truro College when the new Cornwall For Ever (Kernow Bys Vyken) website was launched. The project to digitize the Millennium book and create a unique website for Cornwall was celebrated with a launch event held at Truro College and hosted by Cornwall Heritage Trust. Col Edward Bolitho, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and President of Cornwall Heritage Trust read out a message from HRH Prince of Wales (Patron of CHT) in which he congratulated all those involved on the new website and reflected on the changes Cornwall has seen since the book was published in 2000. Those present were then treated to a performance by Ed Rowe (Kernow King) in which he entwined elements of his critically acclaimed play “Trevithick!” with appearances by some of Cornwall’s historic figures; which included Dolly Pentreath, John Couch-Adams and Humphry Davy as well as Richard Trevithick of course! Mr Michael Galsworthy (Chairman of the Steering Group) introduced the project to the invited guests, who included pupils of Richard Lander, Newquay Tretherras and Gwinear Schools, and explained that the project was the culmination of four years of work. The website was then launched by Tristan, a pupil from Gwinear School, and officially handed over to the children of Cornwall as a free resource. The children were all delighted to meet Cornish sporting heroes Ed Coode, Jack Galsworthy and Tassy Swallow who, along with Ed Rowe, presented them...
by Cornwall Heritage Trust | Oct 25, 2016 | News
Trust Administrator, Cathy Woolcock, and her family visited Luxulyan Valley and Treffry Viaduct for the first time this weekend and here’s what she thought: “I hang my head in shame that I have worked for the Trust for over a year now and have only just made my first trip to see Treffry Viaduct however it was definitely worth the wait! The colours of the trees and hedgerows in the valley are truly spectacular at the moment, ranging from lincoln green to vivid scarlett and every shade in between; Mother Nature is truly putting on a fantastic autumnal show this year. We all enjoyed trying to catch falling leaves as the wind whipped them just out of our grasp like confetti in the breeze. Shuffling through the deep carpet of crispy leaves we made our way to the top of the viaduct itself and the children were fascinated to hear how the water had passed over the aqueduct to power the waterwheel and how it is hoped water will once again flow across – they couldn’t resist peeping through the gaps to see if they could spot any drops of water! The view from the top is breathtaking and what a treat to be able to walk across! We were delighted to spot the tram lines and sluice gates and appreciate the wonderful view before we headed back down the paths to enjoy the full splendour of the viaduct by standing underneath it! This was a really great place to bring the family (Alfie the spaniel too!) and it was FREE!! We didn’t have enough time to properly explore however another visit...
