Parc Signs

Bringing Alive St Austell's Famous Faces

We were commissioned by Cornwall Council, previously Restormel Council to produce a large wall mural celebrating St Austell's historical figures of present and by-gone ages. The mural was produced to dress the large gable end building at the corner of Trinity Street and Truro Road which is situated directly opposite to the centre of St Austell's brand new White River Place shopping arcade.

The painting produced by world renowned Trompe L’oeil artist Janet Shearer depicts many famous faces of local history situated at a fictional "China Café". The original painting which was produced at a quarter scale was professionally photographed and scaled up to dress the building measuring 10 metres x 9.5 metres.

The decision was taken to produce a series of aluminium sheets with digitally printed and protected vinyl applied for longevity and hard wearing nature. The artwork was all printed, manufactured and applied in-house and was erected by our own installers to coincide with the new town centre official opening on 29th October 2009.

The famous people depicted in the mural are:-
Daphne du Maurier
Author and Playwright
Nigel Martyn
Former England Goalkeeper
Jemma Simpson
Olympic Athlete
Richard Sharp OBE
Former England Rugby Player
Beatrice Rogers
First Female Deaconess in the Methodist Church
Rosemary Cobbold Sawle
Local Benefactor and the Last of the Sawle Family
A L Rowse
Cornish Historian and Poet
Walter Hicks
Founder of St Austell Brewery
Silvanus Trevail
Cornwall’s most famous Architect
William Cookworthy
Discoverer of China Clay in Cornwall
John Nettles
Actor
Bishop Colenso
First Anglican Bishop of Natal
Captain Percy Phillips DFC
Founder of the Cornwall Aviation Company
Jack Clemo
Writer and Poet