Summary
A tithe barn 40m south west of St. Catherine’s Church, Whitestone.
Reasons for Designation
Historic agricultural buildings make a rich and varied contribution to the English landscape. The variety of building materials and styles used are a reflection of the use of local materials and building traditions and specialisations. The settings for such buildings are equally important and in the case of the tithe barn 40m south west of St. Catherine’s Church, Whitestone it is closely associated with the rectory, church and nearby Barton Farm and is an unusually rare survival. It contains many of the important localised building techniques employed in the region such as the use of cob. The high grade buildings are often those connected with ecclesiastical use, and these often contain fine roof carpentry. Some of the greatest surviving barns for example are those which were connected to monastic institutions. In parishes the priests were effectively paid by the parishioners being levied ‘tithes’ a tenth of the annual produce be this in grain, hay, wood, milk, young animals, fruit and so on. This would need to be stored hence the development of the tithe barn.
History
See details.
Details
This record was the subject of a minor enhancement on 5 November 2015. The record has been generated from an "old county number" (OCN) scheduling record. These are monuments that were not reviewed under the Monuments Protection Programme and are some of our oldest designation records.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number:
DV 543
Legacy System:
RSM - OCN
Sources
Other
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official list entry
