tithe barn
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Close to the church is a huge tithe barn, the date of which appears to be between 1450 and 1500.
From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Northcote, Rosalind
Why didn't you buy an old tithe barn and live in that?
From The Altar Steps by MacKenzie, Compton
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.
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
Almost opposite to the S. entrance to the churchyard is a tithe barn once belonging to Bath Abbey, which still shows some indication of its ecclesiastical origin.
From Somerset by Wade, G. W.
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