Grade I listed buildings in Taunton Deane

Taunton Deane is a local government district with borough status in the English county of Somerset.

In England, the authority for listing under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990[2] rests with Historic England, a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport; local authorities have a responsibility to regulate and enforce the planning regulations.

[4] It is centred on the town of Taunton, where around 60,000 of the population live[3] and the council are based, and includes surrounding suburbs and villages.

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.