Editing Shepton Mallet (section)

==Religious sites==
[[Image:St Peter and Paul shepton mallet 11-07-03.jpg|alt=Square stone tower partially obscured by trees.|thumb|right|Parish church of St Peter and St Paul]]
The Grade I [[listed building|listed]] parish [[Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shepton Mallet|church of St Peter and St Paul]] dates from the 12th century, but the current building is largely from the 15th century, with further rebuilding in 1836. The oak wagon roof, made up of 350 panels of different designs separated by 396 carved foliage [[Boss (architecture)|bosses]] (supposedly every one different) and with 36 carved angels along the sides, was described by British historian [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] as "the finest 15th-century carved oak wagon-roof in England". It was restored at a cost of £5,000, in 1953–1954.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ford |first=Eric |title=Shepton Mallet: An Historical and Postal Survey |year=1958 |publisher=Published by the Author |place=Oakhill, Somerset |page=19 and appendix 3}}</ref><ref name="curio">{{Cite book |title=Curiosities of Somerset |last=Leete-Hodge |first=Lornie |year=1985 |publisher=Bossiney Books |location=Bodmin |isbn=0-906456-98-3 |page=20}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1345202 |desc=Church of St Peter & St Paul |access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref>

St Michael's Roman Catholic Church of 1804 is now a warehouse.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1345271 |desc=former St Michael's Roman Catholic Church |access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref> A Catholic church of 1966 in Park Road,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saint-michaels.org.uk/St_Michaels.htm |title=St Michael's Catholic Church, Shepton Mallet |access-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303140107/http://www.saint-michaels.org.uk/St_Michaels.htm |archive-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> is served by the Community of Our Lady of Glastonbury.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOME {{!}} Glastonbury Monastery {{!}} Somerset |url=https://www.glastonburymonastery.co.uk/ |access-date=2023-03-17 |website=Mysite |language=en}}</ref> There was also in 1810–1831 a convent of the [[Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary]] (Salesian Sisters)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15481a.htm |title=Visitation Order |work=newadvent.org |access-date=18 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107213523/http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15481a.htm |archive-date=7 January 2010}}</ref> in Draycott Road.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Fred |last2= Blandford |first2=Alan |last3=Beckerleg |first3=Lewis |title=The Shepton Mallet Story (2nd Ed) |year=1977 |publisher=The Shepton Mallet Society |location=Oakhill, Somerset |isbn=978-0-9500568-1-4 |pages=85–88}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.org/stream/a622063600gasquoft/a622063600gasquoft_djvu.txt |title=The Order of the Visitation: its spirit and its growth in England |author=Right Rev. Abbot Gasquet OSB |publisher=Internet Archive |access-date=18 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605034542/http://www.archive.org/stream/a622063600gasquoft/a622063600gasquoft_djvu.txt |archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref> The building, now Sales House,<ref>{{NHLE |num=1345227 |desc=Sales House |access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> became a [[Freemasons]]' lodge,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pglsomerset.org.uk/loveandhonour.htm |title=Love and Honour Lodge No. 285 |publisher=Somerset Provincial Grand Lodge |access-date=22 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704145057/http://www.pglsomerset.org.uk/loveandhonour.htm |archive-date=4 July 2011}}</ref> and now holds social housing.

The [[Salvation Army]] has meeting rooms,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/vw-sublinks/875F59E8DDB8D05D80256FBF005E2B8E?openDocument |title=Shepton Mallet |publisher=The Salvation Army |access-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320090345/http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki.nsf/vw-sublinks/875F59E8DDB8D05D80256FBF005E2B8E?openDocument |archive-date=20 March 2011}}</ref> while the [[Methodist]]s, who previously worshipped in a chapel in Paul Street (built in 1810, now a community centre),<ref>{{NHLE |num=1058389 |desc=Methodist Chapel, 26 Paul Street |access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> have agreed to share the parish church with the [[Anglican]] congregation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mediaconcepts.co.uk/peterpaul/methodists.shtml |title=The Methodists |publisher=St Peter and St Paul's Parish Church, Shepton Mallet |access-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327073523/http://www.mediaconcepts.co.uk/peterpaul/methodists.shtml |archive-date=27 March 2010}}</ref> The [[Baptist]] Chapel in Commercial Road was built in 1801 as a [[Congregational church|Congregational Church]].<ref>{{NHLE |num=1172722 |desc=Baptist Chapel |access-date=23 February 2010}}</ref> There were previously other [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|non-conformist]] chapels in Shepton, the most notable being the [[Unitarianism|Unitarian]] Chapel on Cowl Street, built in 1692 and enlarged in 1758, but now a dwelling.<ref>{{NHLE |num=1058426 |desc=Former Unitarian Chapel |access-date=23 February 2010}}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/20033 |title=Former Unitarian Chapel, Cowl Street (West side), Shepton Mallet |work=Somerset Historic Environment Record |publisher=Somerset County Council |date=21 May 2003 |access-date=17 February 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003095602/http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/20033 |archive-date=3 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Davis |first1=Fred |last2= Blandford |first2=Alan |last3=Beckerleg |first3=Lewis |title=The Shepton Mallet Story (2nd Ed) |year=1977 |publisher=The Shepton Mallet Society |location=Oakhill, Somerset |isbn=978-0-9500568-1-4 |page=67}}</ref>