Gray's Almshouses
Building in Taunton, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gray's Almshouses is a terrace of almshouses in Taunton, Somerset, England, founded in 1635 by the wealthy cloth-merchant Robert Gray, whose monument survives in the Church of St Mary Magdalene. The building is one of the oldest surviving in Taunton and is one of the earliest brick buildings in the county. The Almshouses were designed to provide accommodation for six men and ten women and for a reader who was to act as chaplain and schoolmaster. It is a Grade I listed building as designated by English Heritage. Following renovation in the late twentieth century it now comprises sheltered accommodation of nine flats for the elderly.
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Architectural style | Jacobean |
Town or city | Taunton |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 51.01475°N 3.09801°W / 51.01475; -3.09801 |
Construction started | 1635 |
Completed | 1696 |