Captain Thomas Agar-Robartes Memorial

A memorial bench to Captain Thomas Agar-Robartes, unveiled in 1922.

MATERIALS AND PLAN: the bench is constructed of granite stone, and is curved on plan. It stands at the junction of Park Road and Truro Road, facing roughly north east.

DESCRIPTION: the memorial takes the form of a low bench which is supported on four curved stone corbels. It has a surrounding structure of ashlar granite with piers at each end showing the dates 1914 and 1919. These piers are surmounted by slightly moulded ball finials.

The wall connecting the piers has a central bronze plaque with a carved wreath above it. The plaque has an inscription which reads, "TO THE MEMORY OF/ CAPTAIN THE HON. THOMAS CHARLES/ REGINALD AGAR-ROBARTES/ COLDSTREAM GUARDS, M.P. FOR THE ST./ AUSTELL DIVISION OF CORNWALL, WHO LOST/ HIS LIFE IN FRANCE SEPT. 30TH 1915, AFTER/ RESCUING A WOUNDED COMRADE UNDER/ HEAVY FIRE, FOR WHICH GALLANT EXPLOIT/ HE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR THE VICTORIA/ CROSS. ERECTED BY MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE/ OF LORDS AND OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS".

The rear of the bench is slightly corbelled out at each end, and has a square recess at one end.

In front of the bench, the paving is laid out in three sections with a central piece of circular granite flanked by pieces laid to a diamond pattern on each side.