The Tithe Barn

The Tithe Barn is an early 14th-century building constructed for the Abbey of Evesham. It is built of blue lias stone with Cotswold stone dressings and a stone tile roof. The barn measures 136 feet in length, 30 feet in width, and 40 feet in height. Originally, there were two large, projecting gabled cart entrances on the south side and two smaller gabled entrances at the rear. Today, only the western pair of entrances, both front and rear, remain. The gables are coped and feature ornate clover-leaf finials, with two original and two replacement examples. Central buttresses are present on the end gables, and between the bays, alongside long, ventilating loops. The barn comprises eleven bays, eight of which have large, raised base crucks supporting upper collar-and-tie-beam trusses. At each end, an aisled bay features a collar-and-tie-beam truss carried on an aisle post. The roof is a triple-purlin design, incorporating wind bracing throughout. Attached to each end are 19th-century additions of minor interest; a west-end L-plan stable range with a smaller barn attached, topped with a half-hipped plain tile roof, and at the east end, a low, slate-roofed range projecting forward with a two-story barn affixed.