Castle Street, Bridgwater

South side

Number 1 on the corner with West Quay and very close to the River Parrett was built as the Harbour Master's house and is now used as offices.[8]

Number 3 and 5 were originally separate houses but have now been made into one building and are used as offices.[9][10] Number 7 and 9 follow the same pattern.[11][12]

Bridgwater Arts Centre

Numbers 11 and 13 have been used as Bridgwater Arts Centre since 1946.[13] Many of the original interior of the building has been lost but the plaster ceiling mouldings and the fireplace are original, as are the wooden side cupboards, the window panels and window seats.[14] It was the venue for the first post-war meeting of the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in 1947.[15] Number 9 was purchased by Bridgwater Borough Council in 1966, which then passed into the ownership of Sedgemoor District Council in 1974. Number eleven Castle Street was acquired as part of the arts centre in 1982.[14]

Number 15 is known as Legion House. It was originally built as a private house in the mid 18th century but is now used by the British Legion.[16]

North side

Number 2 which is on the corner with West Quay has the same Flemish-bond brick but has been painted.[17]

Number 4 has a vertical joint to Number 1 Bond Street on the left.[18]

Plaque commemorating Mary Stanley's Nursing Home

Numbers 6, 8, 10 and 12 were originally a merchants houses and was used as nursing home from 1920 to 1990.[19][20] The district nurses home originally opened in 1902 at Number 2 King Square to commemorate Queen Victoria but was moved to Castle Street in 1926.

Numbers 6 to 14 were also built as merchants houses and are now offices.[21][22][23][24]

• List of Grade I listed buildings in Sedgemoor