The sad story of Mary Sweet and her Hotel

The present Castle Hotel was made from two hotels back to back: the Castle Hotel in North Street, Taunton to the east and the Castle Hotel usually known as Sweet’s, later Clarke’s, Hotel on Castle Green in Bishops Hull to the west and the former stableyard between the two through which ran the parish boundary. The latter hotel was built for and kept in the 1830s by Mary Sweet. She spared no expence to create a well-appointed hotel that would be the finest in the area but sadly was not destined to reap the rewards of her work.