Description

ST 6601 CERNE ABBAS THE FOLLY , (south side)

11/116 The Tithe Barn
26.1.56
GV I

Tithe Barn, partly converted to private house (south end). Late
C14, with late C18 conversion to house, and Cl9 restoration.
Chamfered stone plinth and knapped flint walls, weathered stone
buttresses to the bay divisions. Stone slate roof. Brick
stacks on south gable-end, and on ridge just south of porch.
Barn of 5 bays with 2 original opposed porches. House of 4
bays, immediately south of porches. Barn: long straight-
chamfered loops to each bay. The porches have outer
entrances with double-chamfered jambs and two-centred heads,
with gables over. The House has pointed-arch windows with
moulded jambs and labels over. Metal and iron casements with
intersecting glazing-bars in the heads. Front door to house,
one bay from the end, with a pointed and moulded arch doorhead
and a fanlight with intersecting glazing-bars, plank-and-muntin
door, C20. South gable wall has 3 storeys of pointed windows,
2 wide, same type with C20 metal casements. Interior: roof of
barn entirely reconstructed C20. Scheduled Ancient Monument,
Dorset 26a.

(RCHM Dorset I, p81(25))

Listing NGR: ST6629401007

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532405

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Recommended Books

• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  This Old House: Restoring, Rehabilitating, and Renovating an Older House
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990