Tithe Barn

EASINGTON HIGH STREET TA 31 NE (west side) 12/1 Tithe Barn II * GV

Threshing barn with horse-mill adjoining. C16 barn with later walls; renovated and south gable wall rebuilt in 1985-6; C19 horse-mill. Barn, timber-framed with brick walls, thatched roof. Horse-mill in brick with pantile roof. 5 internal bays to aisled barn, with opposed waggon entrances to central bay; horse-mill adjoining to north-west. Waggon entrances with double board doors; flanked by pairs of slit breathers. Half- hipped roof. Gable ends have pair of slit breathers, central board door to north end with similar door above; C20 casement and board door at south end below tumbled-in brick. Horse-mill, 6-sided, with stone-coped brick piers and later infilling; machinery removed. Interior of barn: posts on C20 rebuilt pedestals, with braced ties to wall plates, braces to tie beams and arcade plates, and 2 tiers of collars with clasped purlins. Arcade plates have stop-splayed scarf jonts with vertical bridled butts and face-keys. A rare survival with framing largely intact. Scheduled Ancient Monument, Humberside No 187. P Ryder, Medieval Buildings of Yorkshire, 1982, p 147.

Listing NGR: TA3983719126