Perranporth Convalescent Home

The home was opened by his wife, Eleanor Elizabeth, on 1892. In response to a motion of thanks, Passmore Edwards said that he was particularly pleased to be present, as there was abundant evidence that the home was required, and that it would supply a long felt want in the County. It was the realisation of a long cherished dream. He had first bought the site, which was exceptionally good, and for its purpose could not be surpassed in Cornwall; he then built the home, furnished it and endowed it and handed it over, in trust to the authorities the Royal Cornwall Infirmary; his son laid the foundation stone, and his wife had that day opened it in the presence of auspicious circumstances; and it was associated with the name of his mother, who died in Bath about 25 years before but whose memory was to him a perennial inspiration and a joy. And the richest satisfaction of all was that the home, so provided and equipped on that sunny slope, and overlooking the sea so frequently crowned with glorious sunsets, would, in the days and years to come, offer healthful assistance to many a weary and worn Cornish brother, and enable him to live in future with revived strength and hope.