Richard Trevithick, Henry Harvey, and Jane Harvey blue plaque

This blue commemorative plaque records: This is the original White Hart Hotel, built by Henry Harvey in 1824 with his sister Jane as mine host. Jane was married to Richard Trevithick the Cornish engineering genius and inventor who lived here between his visits abroad to sell and maintain his pumping engines

Richard Trevithick was a pioneering Cornish engineer and inventor, renowned for constructing the first high-pressure steam engine and the first locomotive to operate on rails. Henry Harvey and Jane Harvey, respectively Richard's brother-in-law and wife, operated the White Hart Hotel built in 1824; Jane managed the hotel while Richard resided there during his periods of residence in Cornwall.