 There are 38 Grade I listed buildings in Taunton Deane . The oldest buildings are churches built before the end of the 12th century , and the Castle Bow , which has been incorporated into the Castle Hotel in Taunton but was originally a gateway into Taunton Castle . The castle was created between 1107 and 1129 , when William Giffard , the Chancellor of King Henry I , fortified the bishop 's hall . It was his successor , Henry of Blois , who transformed the manor @-@ house into a castle in 1138 , during the Civil War that raged during the reign of his brother , King Stephen . Taunton is also the site of Gray 's Alsmhouses , which dates from 1635 , and two buildings in Fore Street from the 16th century . Many of the more recent structures in the list are manor houses such as Cothay Manor and Greenham Barton which were built in Stawley in the 15th century . Poundisford Park and Cothelstone Manor were both built in the 16th century and Hatch Court in 1755 . 
 <a href='dey_it' title='1'><mark>There</mark></a> are 38 Grade I listed buildings in Taunton Deane . The oldest buildings <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>churches built before the end of the 12th century , and the Castle Bow , which <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>has</mark></a> been incorporated into the Castle Hotel in Taunton but was originally a gateway into Taunton Castle . The castle was created between 1107 and 1129 , when William Giffard , the Chancellor of King Henry I , fortified the bishop <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>hall . It was his successor , Henry of Blois , <a href='null_relcl' title='5'><mark>who</mark></a>transformed the manor @-@ house into a castle in 1138 , during the Civil War <a href='null_relcl' title='6'><mark>that</mark></a>raged during the reign of his brother , King Stephen . Taunton <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>is</mark></a>also the site of Gray <a href='null_genetive' title='8'><mark>'s</mark></a>Alsmhouses , which <a href='uninflect' title='9'><mark>dates</mark></a> from 1635 , and two buildings in Fore Street from the 16th century . Many of the more recent structures in the list <a href='drop_aux' title='10'><mark>are</mark></a>manor houses such as Cothay Manor and Greenham Barton which <a href='uninflect' title='11'><mark>were</mark></a> built in Stawley in the 15th century . Poundisford Park and Cothelstone Manor <a href='uninflect' title='12'><mark>were</mark></a> both built in the 16th century and Hatch Court in 1755 . 
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