The Tudor Tavern at No 15 Fore Street, Taunton

Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....

, Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England dates from 1578 and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

It has an overhanging 3 storey timbered front with a high red tiled roof. Behind the late 16th century front is a late medieval hall with an open trussed roof and arched braces.

The cottage at the rear of the Tudor Tavern, and part of the same building was previously known as Halliday's Shop. It is said to have been the servants quarters of the town house of the Portmans or Orchard Portman

Orchard Portman

Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated south of Taunton in the Taunton Deane district. The village has a population of 150....

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In 2003 the building was leased by Caffè Nero

Caffè Nero

Caffè Nero or Caffè Nero Group Ltd is an Italian-style coffee shop chain primarily based in the UK. It was founded in 1997 in London as the Caffe Nero Group by Gerry Ford...

and refurbished at a cost of £200,000.