It is the parish church for Wilton, within the diocese of Bath and Wells, and a Grade II* listed building.

A chapel was established on the site during Saxon times, and a tower was added to the church around the 11th century.

The church was extensively renovated and extended in the late 1830s by Richard Carver, adding two bays to the nave and a chancel with two chapels in a Gothic style.

[2] Although parts of the church retain the Saxon "long and short" stonework,[2][3] the building is principally 19th-century Gothic architecture, following the work done by Carver.

The tower follows the Perpendicular Gothic style of many Somerset village churches; it features two stages, with "diagonal buttresses, embattled parapet, and two-light bell openings".