A barn built to hold tithes paid in kind.
Example sentencesExamples
- Prince Andrew has been a regular visitor to Yorkshire in recent times, most recently last month when he visited a restored tithe barn at Poppleton.
- The church was granted to the Augustinian abbey at Bristol in 1154, and the tithe barn was erected by Abbot Newland.
- Bradford on Avon is also home to a medieval tithe barn.
- A survey of 1538 describes a number of buildings on site including a huge tithe barn and a ‘house’.
- The property also includes an ancient stone tithe barn, dating from 1570.