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Latitude: 55.0573 / 55°3'26"N
Longitude: -2.2042 / 2°12'14"W
OS Eastings: 387056
OS Northings: 573659
OS Grid: NY870736
Mapcode National: GBR F91Y.LX
Mapcode Global: WHB1Y.34NW
Entry Name: The Tithe Barn
Listing Date: 27 July 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1045223
English Heritage Legacy ID: 240834
Location: Simonburn, Northumberland, NE48
County: Northumberland
Civil Parish: Simonburn
Traditional County: Northumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Northumberland
Church of England Parish: Simonburn
Church of England Diocese: Newcastle
SIMONBURN THE GREEN
NY 8773
(West side, off)
19/150 The Tithe Barn
GV II
Probably a former tithe barn incorporating ground-floor byre; now house.
Early-mid C18 with C19 alterations, possibly incorporating earlier masonry;
converted into a house c.1960. Squared rubble and dressings; graduated stone-
flagged roof; stone chimneys. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Tooled quoins. Entrance
front: 3 segmental arches with roughly-squared voussoirs on square-plan piers;
renewed casements and door inserted into partly-infilled archways; external
stone stair at left leads to first-floor boarded door under segmental relieving
arch; 2 rows of breathers above. Steeply-pitched roof has raised verges with
reverse-stepped gables. Corniced right end stack; rebuilt left end stack.
3 casements in C20 openings set high in right return. Breathers and C20 oriel
(in front of doorway with alternating jambs) on left return. First-floor
loading bay on rear. Included for group value.
Listing NGR: NY8705673659
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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