On a commanding eminence, a short distance from the house, stands an elegant-proportioned obelisk, 123 feet in height, with the following inscription carved on the pedestal. In gratitude and Affection To the Memory of 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. ST. AUSTELL is situated in a highly cultivated part of the county, on the side of a hill. It is now become a very considerable and populous market town, and with the parish, which is one of the largest extent, contains no less than 6175 inhabitants. Although it has no claim to antiquity, it is noticed only as a poor village in Leland’s times; but the numerous _Mines_ in its vicinity,[8] have caused its present rapid rise. The _Church_, which stands nearly in the centre of the town, is a handsome fabric, ornamented with fanciful and grotesque sculpture.[9] Over the principal entrance on the south side, are some curious cyphers, the meaning of which has not been satisfactorily explained, by the most intelligent antiquarians. The interior is commodious, and contains a few good monuments. The _Font_ resembles that in Bodmin church.