Chimneys

Gray's Almhouses (East Reach, Taunton)

They were 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 a chaplain and schoolmaster - they are now shelered accommodation for the elderly.