Church of St John the Baptist, Pilton. #church #drone #4k #music

‪@churcheswithistory‬ Church of St John the Baptist, Pilton. Pt.2 St. John the Baptist Church, Pilton, was once dedicated to St. Mary. During the reformation the name was changed. The village still has a St. Mary’s Lane, a lane that leads to the church and where the original poor house (now Pilton Village Hall) was situated. The church of St John the Baptist (at about 50m above sea level) dates from the 11thc and later; it was restored in 1870. It has Romanesque material in the S doorway and N arcade. Pilton Church Roofs. In 2013 Pilton church had extensive work carried out to its roofs, which involved erecting scaffolding inside the church to enable the timbers to be treated. This gave an opportunity to examine the roof during the works, which resulted in a number of new discoveries being made. This report gives an overview of the roofs and illustrates some of the carvings that were found. Pilton is very fortunate in retaining historic timber roofs to the porch, nave, north aisle and chancel which still keep their historic form and date from the fifteenth century. The porch has a collar beam roof carried on stone corbels, with wooden carvings and bosses, the nave and north aisle both have tie beam roofs with vertical posts carried on stone corbels, spandrels, decorated wall plates and tie beams with attached angel busts and open tracery within the trusses. The chancel has a paneled roof with carved foliage at the intersections and angels with large outstretched wings along the wall plates. More information at Pilton History. The Heritage of a Somerset Parish. Filmed 05/09/2026.