Ashleworth Tithe Barn Explained

Ashleworth Tithe Barn
Map Type:Gloucestershire
Location:Ashleworth
Location Country:United Kingdom
Coordinates:51.9252°N -2.2651°W
Start Date: 15th Century A. D.

Ashleworth Tithe Barn is a large 15th-century tithe barn located at Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, England, standing close to the River Severn.[1] It is a Grade II* listed building,[2] and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.[3] It is close to, and associated with Ashleworth Court and the local Anglican church.

History

The barn was built about 1500 by the canons of St Augustine's, Bristol while John Newland, (1481–1515) was the abbot.[2] A tithe barn was a type of barn built in the Middle Ages for storing rents and tithes. Farmers were required to give one-tenth of their produce to the established Church.[4]

After the Dissolution of the Monasteries the barn passed into secular use.[5] In the 19th century it was converted into a barn for cows.[2]

It was acquired by the National Trust in 1956. They have undertaken restoration work to the Buttresses and other stonework, but need to manage this to reduce the effects on the bat population which includes common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) and brown long-eared (Plecotus auritus) which nest in the roof and cracks in the stonework.[6]

Architecture

The blue lias limestone building is long and wide.[7]

The medieval timber framed roof of the barn is of ten bays,[8] [9] and is supported by buttresses. It has a stone slate roof.[10] There are two porches on one side with double boarded doors. The end gables have square holes and there are more of these in the side walls.[2] These were to encourage owls to enter the barn to control vermin.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ashleworth Tithe Barn . April 7, 2013 . National Trust . https://web.archive.org/web/20130409135204/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ashleworth-tithe-barn/ . April 9, 2013 . live .
  2. Web site: Tithe Barn, Ashleworth Court . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031012/https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1171121 . 7 March 2016 . live .
  3. Web site: Ashleworth tithe barn . National Heritage List for England . Historic England . 28 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Tithe Barns . Tithe Barns . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130817102434/http://www.tithebarns.co.uk/ . 17 August 2013 . live .
  5. Book: Two compotus rolls of Saint Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, for 1491-2 and 1511-12, Volume 9 . 1938 . Bristol Record Society . 43–44 .
  6. Web site: The project . National Trust . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160222135611/http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ashleworth-tithe-barn/projects/conservation-repair-project . 22 February 2016 . live .
  7. Web site: Ashleworth Tithe Barn . Ken's Great Barns . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190903113413/http://www.greatbarns.org.uk/ashleworth_tithe_barn.html . 3 September 2019 . live .
  8. Web site: Ashleworth . Britain Express . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170705153629/http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/glouces/Ashleworth.htm . 5 July 2017 . live .
  9. Web site: Ashleworth History Project . Ashleworth . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190902092618/http://www.ashleworth.btck.co.uk/VillageHistory . 2 September 2019 . live .
  10. Web site: Ross . David . Ashleworth Tithe Barn . ritain Express . 28 March 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170705172001/http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/glouces/Ashleworth-Tithe-Barn.htm . 5 July 2017 . live .

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