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 2008-10-25.
  2. "Tithe Barn". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2006-11-05.
  3. "Dunster Tithe Barn". Everything Exmoor. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  4. "Partnership resurrects 16th century tithe barn in Dunster". Crown Estate. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-10-25.
  5. "The Tithe Barn, Dunster". Somerset Building Preservation Trust. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-10-25.

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