Description

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SU 8284-8384
17/4

HURLEY
HIGH STREET (west side)
Tithecote Manor

(Formerly listed as The Tithe Barn and Tithe Barn Cottage. Previously listed as The Tithe Barn)

25.3.55

G.V.
II

Large tithe barn, now two houses. Medieval; probably re-roofed C16, altered C20. Part chalk, part flint and stone. Old tile half-hipped roof, gabled midstrey. Rectangular plan of eight bays with two-bay midstrey on east. Two storeys. Five chimneys.

Entrance (east) front: central midstrey with C20 timber framing and five-light leaded oriel in gable, over C20 plank entrance door. To left of midstrey on first floor one three-light leaded casement with diamond mullions, similar window under on ground floor and a similar nine-light casement to left of this. On the right of midstrey on the first floor are two one-light leaded casements and a three-light and two two-light similar casements to the right. Similar windows on the ground floor.

Interior: queen post roof trusses with clasped purlins and curved windbraces, probably C16. The midstrey is open to the roof.

The tithe barn originally belonged to Hurley Priory.

Listing NGR: SU8247784026

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411056

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Recommended Books

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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  For the Record
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  Building Small Projects (New Best of Fine Woodworking)