BUILDERS carrying out building work on a new Sons of Rest Pavilion at Gheluvelt Park have unearthed a number of historic finds, including a teapot.

The new pavilion is being built next to the Splashpad, and is expected to open to the public next month.

During the work to lay foundations for the new pavilion workers made some interesting finds including several intact bottles and pieces of china.

Prior to Gheluvelt Park’s opening in 1922, part of the site was used to deposit domestic refuse.

One of the workers, Damon Auld, discovered a near intact teapot. Experts at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent have now confirmed that this was a product of William Adams & Sons, and dates from between 1903 and 1936.

The teapot features the wording ‘W T Martin – GWR – Corwen’. It was almost certainly ordered by a Dudley caterer, WT Martin, who in 1903 took over the running of the refreshment room on the Great Western Railway’s line to Corwen – a picturesque town in North Wales.

Worcester City Council has made contact with the heritage line Llangollen Railway to arrange it being donated to them, for a new terminus being built in the village.

Councillor Allah Ditta, the deputy mayor of Worcester, who has been inspecting how work is progressing, said: "How the teapot survived for almost a century underground and is still intact today, remains a mystery.

“It’s been impressive to see how the new pavilion is shaping up; it is going to be a really useful facility for the whole community to use throughout the year.”

When the pavilion opens in mid-July, visitors will be able to buy take-away hot food, snacks and drinks and make use of five individual unisex toilets, including a disabled toilet and baby-changing facilities. The building also includes a community room with an adjoining kitchen.