[2] The tower was built around 1503,[7] financed by the prosperity created by the wool trade,[8] and was rebuilt in 1858–1862 (in replica) by Sir George Gilbert Scott and Benjamin Ferrey,[1] using Otter sandstone from Sir Alexander Hood's quarry at Williton and some Igneous Diorite from Hestercombe.

[13] The church has suffered from the weather over the years and there have been various appeals for funding to repair the fabric of the building including one for £135,000, to repair the tower's stonework after two pinnacles fell through the roof.

[16] In 2009 vandals damaged some of the windows of the church, however the stained glass, which includes fragments from the medieval era were undamaged as they are protected by wire mesh.

[17] Joseph Alleine the noted Puritan minister and author was curate of the church in the 1660s[18] and is buried in the churchyard.

[22] At a special service on Sunday 13 March 2022, St Mary Magdalene church became Taunton Minster.