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tithe barn

British  

noun

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

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Close to the church is an ancient Manor-house with a fine tithe barn.

From Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter by Holmes, Edric

He’s got his tithe barn stuffed with children from Water Lane, as if he wanted to spread it. 

From The Three Brides by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The tithe barn has so completely dropped out of modern life that it may be well to briefly mention that its use was to hold the tenth sheaf from every wheat-field in the parish.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard

Hard by is a fine tithe barn with finials on the gables, and a 15th-cent. house with a most picturesque porch and panelled octagonal chimney.

From Somerset by Wade, G. W.

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

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward