It was built in the late 15th or early 16th century, and has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II* listed building.

[2] In the mid C19 the building was occupied by George Parker (1796–1888) Customs Officer, historian and author.

The museum also illustrates Bridgwater's mercantile and marine past and includes important local historical events such as the Battle of Sedgmoor.

The museum possesses a very full archive of cuttings from the local newspaper, The Bridgwater Mercury, for every week of the war, 1914–1918.

[6] There is also a small collection of agricultural machinery and tools, and dairy equipment, a group of coins found in the bank of King's Sedgemoor Drain.

[11] The Blake Museum works closely with the Bridgwater Heritage Group, which was established in 2012 by the late Dr Peter Cattermole [12] to publish detailed illustrated accounts online of the town's lost buildings.

The goal has been to create an educational resource for the town, of value not only for local historians, but also for school pupils and college students.