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Gray's Almshouses
Gray's Almshouses is a terrace of almshouses in Taunton, Somerset, England. Founded by Robert Gray in 1635, the building is among the oldest remaining in Taunton, and one of the earliest brick buildings in the county. The terrace contained accommodation for six men, ten women and a reader, who acted as a chaplain and schoolmaster. The building is designated as a Grade I listed building by English Heritage, and after renovation in the late twentieth century it currently provides nine flats for the elderly.
==History==
Robert Gray was born in Taunton in 1570, but made his fortune in London, where he became a citizen and Merchant Taylor. He owned a shop in Bread Street in London, in which he traded in cloths he purchased from provincial fairs then finished and dyed. His business was successful enough to allow him to build almshouses in his town of birth in 1635. The initial building which Gray had built for the parish of Taunton St Mary Magdalene housed apartments for ten poor women, a chapel and a schoolroom, as well as a room for a reader, who acted as a chaplain and schoolmaster. The reader was obliged to teach ten poor children from the parish to read and write. A further building to house six poor men was delayed by Gray's death in 1638, though he left instructions for the Merchant Taylors to complete it in his will. In addition to building the almshouses, Gray also gave £2,000 in fee simple land, the profits of which were paid to the poor, with each receiving eight shillings a month. Further donations in the eighteenth century by John Noble and John Coles resulted in the allowance for the poor, which was by that time paid weekly, to be increased from two to three shillings. The English Civil War and legal issues delayed the completion of this additional section until 1696.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕
The almshouses were built on East Street in Taunton, next to the house where Gray had been born. The brick construction of the almshouses protected them during the Civil War; the adjoining wooden Pope's almshouses were burnt down by the Royalist troops during the Siege of Taunton.〔
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