Owing to Crewkerne's increasing population at the time, the existing accommodation provided by the parish church had become insufficient.

[2] A vestry meeting held in 1846 resolved to erect galleries in the parish church, but the proposal was abandoned in favour of the construction of a chapel of ease.

Some of the town's residents objected to the installation of galleries in the parish church on the grounds that they would "interfere with [the] beauty" of the interior.

By this time, a site at South Street had been acquired and a substantial donation of £1,000 received from Mr. William Hoskins of North Perrott.

[6] The plans for the new church were drawn up by the Crewkerne architect James Mountford Allen and Messrs John Chick of Beaminster hired as the builders.

In January 1975, Yeovil District Council approved the Church Commissioners' plans for its demolition and replacement with four houses.

John Bickersteth, authorised the breaking up of the churchyard's remaining tombstones, approximately 14 of them and many illegible, for reuse as building foundation material, unless any relatives wished to remove them themselves.

A request was also made to the Home Office for an order to abolish the requirement of moving human remains from the site, where they would be left undisturbed.