Tithe Barn is a Grade I listed building in the Tewkesbury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1960. A C14 Tithe barn, village hall.
Tithe Barn
- WRENN ID
- first-railing-mallow
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Tewkesbury
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1960
- Type
- Tithe barn, village hall
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Tithe Barn, originally built around 1370 for Tewkesbury Abbey, now serves as a village hall. It was restored in 1927 by Sir P. Stott for the Earl of Wemyss. The barn features coursed rubble masonry and a stone slate roof, consisting of seven bays with a central porch on the north side, which faces away from the churchyard. The porch is gabled and has double boarded doors with a chamfered arris and a cambered timber lintel. To the right of the porch, there is a buttress that extends into the wall, while the left buttress has been removed. The gable has a parapet and a cross-gablet apex topped with a grotesque finial. The left return of the porch includes an arched, boarded doorway, and there are two square-set buttresses on either side of the porch, with angled buttress corners and parapet gables that match the porch's design. The left return also features a slit air vent in the gable.
Inside, the barn has a concrete floor and a stage at the left end, with walls rendered to part height. The structure includes base cruck trusses with arch braces leading to a collar, and a square-set purlin above, supported by blocking pieces above the collar. Principal rafters are positioned over the collar, with a trapping purlin and curved wind braces connecting to the upper purlin. The lower purlin rests on the base crucks. Originally, there were two square holes per bay for air vents, located near the buttresses, likely left from scaffolding during construction. The Tithe Barn is designated as an Ancient Monument in Gloucestershire, number 352.
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