tithe barn

British

noun

a large barn where, formerly, the agricultural tithe of a parish was stored

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We believe there are stables and a tithe barn still to excavate.

From BBC

Leeds National School, as was, on the site of the city's mediaeval tithe barn in Wharf Street.

From The Guardian

The docked sheaves were conveyed to the tithe barn either before or after the carrying of the others.

From Project Gutenberg

Photograph: Mike Kwasniak Community centres, town halls and tithe barns, as well as theatres, will be the venues for this show from Eastern Angles by Andrew Holland.

From The Guardian

Why didn't you buy an old tithe barn and live in that?

From Project Gutenberg

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