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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <h3>England</h3> <h4>Medieval</h4> <p>There are surviving examples of medieval barns in England, some of them known as "tithe barns". English Heritage established criteria to determine if barns were used as tithe barns.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The total number of surviving medieval barns (dated up to 1550) in Britain may be estimated about 200.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Aberford C of E <a href="/facts/Primary_School/cIoH1x09">Primary School</a>, <a href="/facts/Aberford/uTmTpmvn">Aberford</a>, <a href="/facts/Leeds/YVPtUCt1">Leeds</a> (Aberford School was based on a <a href="/facts/Redundant_church/DuYsHgEs">redundant</a> tithe barn)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bank_Hall_Estate/HCyrWxRa">Bank Hall Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Bretherton/FMWRv0e9">Bretherton</a>, <a href="/facts/Lancashire/XmzHoIsl">Lancashire</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/The_Bishop%27s_Barn,_Wells/9JHKuXgk">The Bishop's Barn, Wells</a>, Somerset</li> <li>Bishop's Cleeve Tithe Barn, <a href="/facts/Gloucestershire/oU1K8E4K">Gloucestershire</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bradford_on_Avon_Tithe_Barn/MVzKxchB">Bradford on Avon Tithe Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Wiltshire/42kKgE8r">Wiltshire</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Carlisle_Tithe_Barn/88kgKfn6">Carlisle Tithe Barn</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Church_of_the_Holy_Ghost,_Midsomer_Norton/4weCrmTH">Church of the Holy Ghost</a>, <a href="/facts/Midsomer_Norton/lzJgQpCL">Midsomer Norton</a>, <a href="/facts/Somerset/gjVyBFVX">Somerset</a></li> <li>The Corbett Theatre, <a href="/facts/Loughton/uyyDcGuf">Loughton</a>, which was the tithe barn at <a href="/facts/Ditchling/y4Lb8ngG">Ditchling</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Cressing_Temple/aQDoP7K5">Cressing Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/East_Riddlesden_Hall/qmSMv7Nu">East Riddlesden Hall</a> (<a href="/facts/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty/vrXTp6Y6">National Trust</a>)</li> <li>The Great Barn, <a href="/facts/Bourn/BX5PK7c3">Bourn</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>The Great Barn, <a href="/facts/Ruislip/RuCMv2YN">Ruislip</a>, <a href="/facts/Middlesex/Mzn77Wy7">Middlesex</a></li> <li>The Great Barn, <a href="/facts/Titchfield/3uLMna9S">Titchfield</a></li> <li>The Great Barn, <a href="/facts/Wanborough,_Surrey/psstD1TY">Wanborough</a>, <a href="/facts/Surrey/xTGvM5Vk">Surrey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Great_Coxwell_Tithe_Barn/CJIt3sjp">Great Coxwell Tithe Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Oxfordshire/dc4jQkHB">Oxfordshire</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Harmondsworth_Great_Barn/lGaxtLL4">Harmondsworth Great Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Harmondsworth/QMp4SKC8">Harmondsworth</a>, <a href="/facts/Middlesex/Mzn77Wy7">Middlesex</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Landbeach_Tithe_Barn/AybQhuVo">Landbeach Tithe Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Landbeach/AybQhuVo">Landbeach</a>, Cambridgeshire<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Middle_Littleton/StY8v1lm">Middle Littleton</a> tithe barn</li> <li><a href="/facts/Nether_Poppleton_Tithebarn/3II2dG8I">Nether Poppleton Tithebarn</a>, <a href="/facts/City_of_York/yzCEPtHz">City of York</a></li> <li>Parish Hall and Rectory Chapel, <a href="/facts/Freshwater,_Isle_of_Wight/Yv7gzDX5">Freshwater, Isle of Wight</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Sextry_Barn,_Ely/HX3oNASv">Sextry Barn, Ely</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Swalcliffe/R3FtwrHt">Swalcliffe</a> Barn, Oxfordshire</li> <li>Tisbury Tithe Barn, Place Farm, Wiltshire <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tithe_Barn,_Dunster/X6LMBuvq">Tithe Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Dunster/WKw8gBUV">Dunster</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tithe_Barn,_Maidstone/snMwcK0v">Tithe Barn, Maidstone</a>, <a href="/facts/Kent/aYfQI6Fc">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tithe_Barn,_Manor_Farm,_Doulting/8JSqx2uo">Tithe Barn, Manor Farm, Doulting</a>, Somerset</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tithe_Barn,_Pilton/MFjv3NEq">Tithe Barn, Pilton</a>, Somerset</li> <li><a href="/facts/Upminster_Tithe_Barn_Museum_of_Nostalgia/bzLSCWLH">Upminster Tithe Barn</a>, <a href="/facts/Upminster/ImwHDPhq">Upminster</a>, Essex</li> <li><a href="/facts/Upper_Heyford,_Oxfordshire/0UCBwmR1">Upper Heyford</a> tithe barn, Oxfordshire</li> <li><a href="/facts/Haddenham,_Buckinghamshire/ctWoe6cr">Haddenham</a> tithe barn, Buckinghamshire</li> <li><a href="/facts/West_Pennard_Court_Barn/1HbEBYsN">West Pennard Court Barn</a></li></ul> <h4>Later</h4> <p>There are many extant barns that date from after the Medieval period and may be called "tithe barns" by their owners or councils. These include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Loseley_Park/4Y6NzEQG">Loseley Park</a> tithe barn (17th century)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Melling,_Merseyside/zHIule7G">Melling</a> Tithebarn, Merseyside (c. 18th century)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Scotland</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Barn_Church,_Culloden/Qmpbh6Vk">Barn Church, Culloden</a></li></ul> <h3>Germany</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Castle_of_Lissingen/zwPFjyYP">Castle of Lissingen</a>, <a href="/facts/Rhineland-Palatinate/Ny2D4pbe">Rhineland-Palatinate</a></li></ul> <h3>France</h3> <ul><li>Grange dimière, <a href="/facts/Tremblay-en-France/pvSRWAIH">Tremblay-en-France</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></li> <li>Grange de Meslay</li> <li>Priory of <a href="/facts/Le_Mont_Saint-Michel/SuSonhvF">Le Mont Saint-Michel</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> (Ardevon).</li> <li>Silve Bénite in <a href="/facts/Le_Pin,_Is%C3%A8re/3CVbcd4v">Le Pin</a> (12th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/%C3%89couen/IkMKpThY">Écouen</a> (14th–17th century<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a>).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ardenne_Abbey/yVnYx7PA">Ardenne Abbey</a> in <a href="/facts/Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe/Qg7N7Fyb">Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe</a> (12th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Samoreau/pzX9PT7N">Samoreau</a> (13th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Maubuisson_Abbey/b20CwXLH">Maubuisson Abbey</a> (13th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tremblay-en-France/pvSRWAIH">Tremblay-en-France</a> (13th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wissous/7fwlDWW6">Wissous</a> (13th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Chenu,_Sarthe/chEgS1xA">Chenu</a> (13th century).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Dammarie-en-Puisaye/vAwDeK02">Dammarie-en-Puisaye</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Maroilles_Abbey/TmJ1k3gK">Maroilles Abbey</a> (1735).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Wallers/3Lz6FtpM">Wallers</a>.</li></ul> <h3>Belgium</h3> <ul><li>13th-century tithe barn of <a href="/facts/Ter_Doest_Abbey/aCDPV0aY">Ter Doest Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Herkenrode_Abbey/V4xelYHd">Herkenrode Abbey</a> near Hasselt</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Bishop%27s_storehouse/RaPCJRaX">Bishop's storehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Staddle_stones/zefdJz1f">Staddle stones: Function</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tithe_map/ugaErxKv">Tithe map</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes-and-references">Notes and references</h2> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Emery, Anthony (1996). <i>Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500</i>. Vol. 1, Northern England. Cambridge University Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0521497237.</li> <li>Emmons, James BT (2015). <i>Artifacts from Medieval Europe</i> (1st ed.). Greenwood.</li> <li>Horn, Walter (1958). "On the Origins of the Medieval Bay System". <i>Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians</i>. 17 (2): 2–23. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F987918">10.2307/987918</a>. <a href="/facts/JSTOR_(identifier)/YTeVmaJ7">JSTOR</a> <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/987918">987918</a>.</li> <li>Horn, Walter; Born, Ernest (1965). <i>The Barns of the Abbey of Beaulieu at its Granges of Great Coxwell and Beaulieu-St.-Leonards</i>. University of California Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0520005723.</li> <li>Hughes, Graham (1985). <i>Barns of Rural Britain</i>. London: Herbert Press Ltd. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0906969366.</li> <li>Kirk, Malcolm (1994). <i>The Barn: Silent Spaces</i>. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0500341353.</li> <li>Morant, Roland W. (2004). <i>The Medieval Abbeys of England and Wales: A Resource Guide</i>. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing. pp. 502–511. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1412026048.</li> <li>Sloane, Eric (1967). <i>An Age of Barns: An Illustrated Review of Classic Barn Styles and Construction</i> (2005 – 4th ed.). Voyageur Press.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tithe barns. <ul><li><a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=4073893">Photographs of tithe barns</a> on geograph.org.uk</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Research on Harmondsworth Barn". English Heritage. Retrieved 21 August 2013. <a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/harmondsworth-barn/history-and-research/research" target="_blank">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/harmondsworth-barn/history-and-research/research</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>The Great Coxwell "Tithe Barn" was not really a tithe barn, according to English Heritage. <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Lake, Jeremy (1989). Historic Farm Buildings: An Introduction and Guide. London: Cassell Illustrated. ISBN 978-0713719697. <a href="978-0713719697" target="_blank">978-0713719697</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Piper, Marolyn (4 December 2006). "The Lost Village of Hillam Burchard". Aberford People. Retrieved 21 July 2008. <a href="http://www.aberford.net/2006/12/lost-village-of-hillam-burchard.html" target="_blank">http://www.aberford.net/2006/12/lost-village-of-hillam-burchard.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"The History of the Tithe Barn". Bishop's Cleeve Village Hall - The Tithe Barn. Cleve Tithe Barn. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018. <a href="http://www.cleevetithebarn.org.uk/Open_news.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cleevetithebarn.org.uk/Open_news.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Baxter, Stephen. "Medieval Bourn: A Cambridgeshire Village in the Middle Ages". Academea. Burlington Digital Print Limited. Retrieved 8 May 2019. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/30034537" target="_blank">https://www.academia.edu/30034537</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>The Great Coxwell "Tithe Barn" was not really a tithe barn, according to English Heritage. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Pilgrim, Tom (15 January 2017). "Centuries old tithe barn given boost by new grant: Volunteers want to restore the rare sixteenth-century barn for community use". Cambridge News. Retrieved 2 April 2018. <a href="https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/centuries-old-tithe-barn-given-12453432" target="_blank">https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge-news/centuries-old-tithe-barn-given-12453432</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Local List 22nd February 2011" (PDF). Isle of Wight Council's List of Locally Listed Buildings. Isle of Wight Council. 22 February 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016. <a href="https://www.iwight.com/azservices/documents/1322-Local%20List%20Database%20220211.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.iwight.com/azservices/documents/1322-Local%20List%20Database%20220211.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"TITHE BARN AT PLACE FARM, Tisbury - 1318824 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. <a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1318824" target="_blank">https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1318824</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"HISTORY OF TITHES AND THE BARN". Dunster Tithe Barn. Retrieved 21 August 2013. <a href="http://www.dunstertithebarn.org.uk/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.dunstertithebarn.org.uk/history.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Melling Tithebarn Arts Association - The Tithebarn". MTAA: Melling Tithebarn Arts Association. Melling Tithebarn Arts Association. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2018. <a href="http://www.mellingtithebarn.org.uk/thebarn.html" target="_blank">http://www.mellingtithebarn.org.uk/thebarn.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Tithe barn of Tremblay-en-France". Seine-Saint-Denis Tourisme. Comité Départemental du Tourisme. <a href="http://uk.tourisme93.com/tithe-barn-tremblay.html" target="_blank">http://uk.tourisme93.com/tithe-barn-tremblay.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>Prieuré du Mont-Saint-Michel Site Pelerin-montsaintmichel.org <a href="http://www.pelerin-montsaintmichel.org" target="_blank">http://www.pelerin-montsaintmichel.org</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Écouen <a href="https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00080047" target="_blank">https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/merimee/PA00080047</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Base Mérimée: Dammarie-en-Puisaye, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) <a href="/wiki/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e" target="_blank">/wiki/Base_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>