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The Church of St John the Baptist is an Anglican church in the Somerset town of Yeovil. It is a Grade I listed building.

History
Construction began circa 1380 and was completed no later than 1405. It features an early Somerset model tower and vaulted crypt. The style is uniformly early Perpendicular Gothic. Inside there survives a large medieval brass lectern. The tower contains the fifth heaviest ring of bells in the United Kingdom, totaling 10, including an ancient 2067kg sanctus bell.

Edric Holmes in Wandering in Wessex says of the church:

The great glory of Yeovil is its church, the interior of which is one of the most impressive in Somerset. Its lofty and graceful arches and wonderful windows belong to a period when the Perpendicular style was at its best and purest. The crypt beneath the chancel is of much interest. The single central pillar supports a fine groined roof.