Sexey's Hospital

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| location =Bruton, Somerset, England

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| built =c. 1630

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| designation1 =Grade I Listed Building

| designation1_offname =West Wing and chapel

| designation1_date =24 March 1961

| designation1_number =1176086

| designation2 =Grade II Listed Building

| designation2_offname =East Wing and gateway link to West

| designation2_date =24 March 1961

| designation2_number =1346164

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Sexey's Hospital in Bruton, Somerset, England was built around 1630 as almshouses. The West Wing and chapel have been designated as a Grade I listed building.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1176086|title=Sexey's Hospital: West Wing and chapel|work=historicengland.org.uk|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=3 July 2009}} The East Wing and gateway are grade II listed.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1346164|title=East Wing and gateway|work=historicengland.org.uk|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=3 July 2009}}

Hugh Sexey (1556–1619), was a local landowner. By the age of 43 he had been appointed Royal auditor of the Exchequer to King James I.{{cite web|url=http://www.sexeys.somerset.sch.uk/about-us/the-sexeys-story/|title=Sexey's history: Where does the name come from?|publisher=Sexey's School|accessdate=15 July 2018}} After his death the trustees of his will established Sexey's Hospital in Bruton as an institution to care for the elderly.

A trust of 1638 set out the role of the hospital in caring for 12 poor men and women. This later rose to 18 people, and it provided a school for 12 boys, and staff comprised a governor, a schoolmaster, and a nurse. By 1812 this had risen to 20; 10 men and 10 women and in 1902 there were 15 residents. In 1997 there were 22 residents with vacancies for a further 2.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18733|title=Bruton|work=A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 7: Bruton, Horethorne and Norton Ferris Hundreds (1999), pp. 18-42|publisher=British History Online|accessdate=3 July 2009}}