Tithe Barn, Dunster
| Tithe Barn | |
|
Somerset | |
|---|---|
 Dunster Tithe Barn | |
| Type: | Tithe barn |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51.18417 -3.44611 |
| Village: | Dunster |
| History | |
| Built 14th century | |
| Tithe barn | |
| Information | |
| Owned by: | Crown Estate |
| Website: | Dunster Tithe Barn |
The Tithe Barn, also known as the Prior Barn, is a 14th-century tithe barn in Dunster, in Somerset once belonging to Dunster Priory, a Benedictine cell belonging to Bath Abbey, which dominated the village until the Reformation.
The barn has a cruciform plan. The east front has central double doors in heavy oak with a chamfered frame.[1] It is a grade II listed building.[2]
The barn has been much altered since the 14th century and only a limited amount of the original features survive. In the "Valor Ecclesiasticus" of 1535 the net annual income of the Dunster Tithe Barn is recorded as being £37.4.8d, of which £6.13s7d was passed on to the priory in Bath.[3]
The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust (SBPT) has co-ordinated a £550,000[4] renovation project on behalf of the Dunster Tithe Barn Community Hall Trust (DTBCHT), into a multi-purpose community hall under a 99-year lease at a pepper-corn rent, by the Crown Estate Commissioners who own the building. Funding has been obtained from the Heritage Lottery Fund and others to support the work.[5]
See also
- Dunster Castle
- Dunster Yarn Market
- Dunster Butter Cross
- Dunster Dovecote
- Dunster Watermill
- Gallox Bridge
- Conygar Tower
Outside links
References
- ↑ "Dunster Tithe Barn". Dunster Tithe Barn. http://www.dunstertithebarn.org.uk/. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1173455: Dunster Tithe Barn
- ↑ "Dunster Tithe Barn". Everything Exmoor. http://exmoorencyclopedia.org.uk/contents-list/36-d/344-dunster-tithe-barn-.html. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ↑ "Partnership resurrects 16th century tithe barn in Dunster". Crown Estate. http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/newscontent/92_dunster_tithe_barn.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
- ↑ "The Tithe Barn, Dunster". Somerset Building Preservation Trust. http://www.sbpt.info/restoration6.htm. Retrieved 2008-10-25.