TITHE BARNS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, I
should be much interested to know whether any of your correspondents can mention surviving examples of ancient Tithe Barns ; i.e., large barns belonging to the older benefices, used as repositories for the great or rectorial tithes of corn and hay in the days when they were paid in kind. Since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, 1836, nearly all these ancient buildings have disappeared.
There is a Shropshire instance at Eyton-on-Severn. This splendid old barn was converted into two cottages in 1929, but care was taken that its distinctive features should be preserved.
Another instance I know is that of Morley, Derbyshire. Here the fine old barn was quite unspoilt when I last visited the parish.—I am, Sir, &c., G. S. REWINS. The Parsonage, Tallarn Green, Malpas.
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