on 16 May 1882, a further £150 was required to install the pews. While the church was closed, services were held in the old Wesleyan chapel. The original granite tower remains from the 15th-century church. Pevsner described the church as "indifferent". The foundation stone of the Wesleyan chapel was laid on 17 March 1879 and the first service was held on Thursday, 5 February 1880. The chapel, designed by James Hicks of Redruth is built in the early English style at an estimated cost of £2,220 and can accommodate 600. Notable people Notable people from Perranarworthal include Charles Fox and Barclay Fox, managers of the Perran Foundry; Saint Piran or Perran after whom Perran Foundry was named; the poet Jane Crewdson, née Fox, was born here; William Jory Henwood, mining geologist was born at Perran Wharf; William Lobb (1809–1864), a plant collector was responsible for the commercial introduction to England of the "monkey puzzle" tree Araucaria araucana and the Sequoiadendron giganteum. William Golding, the novelist, died here in 1993 having lived in the village for the last eight years of his life. References Further reading Mining in the Kennall Valley, archived in 2010 Acton, Bob Exploring Cornwall's tramway trails, Volume 2: The coast-to coast trail: Portreath to Devoran and beyond, Penpol, Landmark Publications (1997) Perran Foundry development, archived in 2013 External links Cornwall County Council Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative; Perranarworthal (Truro area) 2005 Civil parishes in Cornwall Villages in Cornwall