Tithe Barn, Dunster

The Tithe Barn is a 14th-century tithe barn in Dunster, Somerset, England.

Tithe Barn
General information
Town or cityDunster
CountryEngland
Completed14th century

It 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, which was originally part of a Benedictine Dunster Priory, 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 (£37 23p), with £6.13s7d ( £6.68p ) being 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]

References
  1. "Dunster Tithe Barn". Dunster Tithe Barn. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  2. "Tithe Barn". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2006.
  3. "Dunster Tithe Barn". Everything Exmoor. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  4. "Partnership resurrects 16th century tithe barn in Dunster". Crown Estate. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  5. "The Tithe Barn, Dunster". Somerset Building Preservation Trust. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 October 2008.

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