Rectorial Tithe Barn

The Rectorial Tithe Barn, built in 1382 for Walter de Wynforton, Abbot of Winchcombe, is a tithe barn that may have been partly rebuilt. It features limestone rubble with marlstone-ashlar dressings and a stone-slate roof. The barn has a six-bay plan with a porch at bay three, which includes opposed double doors. The bays are marked by ashlar buttresses that rise from chamfered plinths, and some sections of the wall retain plinths. Additional buttresses flank the main doors of the hipped-roofed porch. The right end wall has triangular vents, while the left end wall features a central buttress, a horizontal ashlar weathering, a gable slit, and a stone parapet. The side door to the porch has chamfered jambs and may have originally been arched. A re-set datestone in bay one is flanked by carved heads and bears a four-line Latin inscription that includes the date 1382. Inside, the barn has heavy elbowed cruck blades that spring approximately 1.5 meters above the floor, linked by two collars and an apex yoke. There are two rows of trenched purlins, a ridge piece, and rafters that are mostly from the 20th century. The porch contains two tiebeam trusses with apex yokes. The barn is also scheduled as an Ancient Monument.