 It is notable for a carved roof , with lions and a small cider barrel purportedly carved by the monks of Muchelney Abbey . Sir John Betjeman was also inspired by an inscription on the candelabra . The church is quite plain on the outside but inside is one of the finest wooden carved roofs in the county . It is shallow pitched with massive , richly decorated tie beams and short king posts . The whole area of the roof is divided into square carved panels set in the framework of the structural timbers which are decorated with carved bosses where they intersect . There are 640 panels each carved with the same quatrefoil design . In the triangular spaces above each beam are dragon @-@ like beasts . It is said there are bullet holes in the timbers , caused by soldiers who camped in the church in 1646 before the Battle of Langport . The 17th century pulpit and altar table are Jacobean woodwork . There are five other churches in the town , including Catholic and Methodist groups . 
