English Heritage sites near Pylle Parish
GLASTONBURY TRIBUNAL
7 miles from Pylle Parish
Fine, late 15th century stone townhouse, early Tudor façade and panelled interiors. Home to Glastonbury Lake Village Museum: discover life 2000 years ago when much of Somerset consisted of marshy sea.
NUNNEY CASTLE
9 miles from Pylle Parish
Picturesque moated castle built in the 1370s. Held for the King during the Civil War, falling to Parliamentarian cannon in 1645: the gun-damaged wall finally collapsing on Christmas Day 1910.
MEARE FISH HOUSE
10 miles from Pylle Parish
The only surviving monastic fishery building in England, this housed the Abbot of Glastonbury's water bailiff and provided facilities for fish-salting and drying.
SHERBORNE OLD CASTLE
14 miles from Pylle Parish
Built on a grand scale in the 12th century by the Bishop of Salisbury, Sherborne was coveted by churchmen and noblemen alike giving it a long, chequered history. Picnic, shop, light refreshments.
STONEY LITTLETON LONG BARROW
14 miles from Pylle Parish
One of the finest accessible examples of a Neolithic chambered tomb, with its multiple burial chambers open to view. Bring a torch and experience the burial chambers at first hand.
MUCHELNEY ABBEY
14 miles from Pylle Parish
Once a wealthy Benedictine house, Muchelney’s main buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538. See the richly decorated cloister walk and thatched monks’ lavatory – the only one in Britain.
Churches in Pylle Parish
St Thomas a Becket
Pylle Lane
Pylle
01458 860438
http://www.ditcheatchurch.co.uk/#/churches-in-our-benefice/4571442718
The Church of St Thomas à Becket in Pylle, Somerset, was rebuilt in 1868 for the Portman family of Orchard Portman, but a 15th-century tower from the earlier church remains. It is designated as a Grade II* listed building.
No churches found in Pylle Parish