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Bradford on Avon Tithe Barn

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Type
  
Tithe barn

Country
  
England

Phone
  
+44 370 333 1181

Ceremonial county
  
Wiltshire

Town or city
  
Bradford on Avon

Designations
  
Grade I listed

Dialling code
  
1225

Post town
  
Bradford on Avon

Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn

Coordinates
  
(grid reference ST823604)

Address
  
Frome Rd, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1LE, UK

Hours
  
Open today · 10:30AM–4PMSaturday10:30AM–4PMSunday10:30AM–4PMMonday10:30AM–4PMTuesday10:30AM–4PMWednesday10:30AM–4PMThursday10:30AM–4PMFriday10:30AM–4PM

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Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn is a Grade I listed barn in Pound Lane, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. It was part of a medieval grange belonging to Shaftesbury Abbey and was built in the early 14th century, with a granary dated to about 1400.

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In the 1980s, the barn was a filming location for the TV series Robin of Sherwood, doubling as Nottingham Castle's great hall. It is owned and protected by English Heritage and managed by the Bradford on Avon Preservation Trust.

Geography

The tithe barn is located at Barton Farm on the southern side of Bradford-on Avon in West Wiltshire, to the southeast of Bath. A path along the bank of the waterway of the Kennet and Avon Canal leads to the location of the barn.

History

The Tithe Barn, dating from the 14th-century building, originally belonged to the nuns of the nearby Shaftesbury Abbey, the richest nunnery in England. It was used for storage of tithes, during the Middle Ages. A charge of 10% was levied on the landlords who wished to store their farm produce here.

When Shaftesbury Abbey was dissolved in 1539, the grange became a farm. The barn was in use until 1974.

In the 1980s, the barn was a filming location for the cult TV series Robin of Sherwood, doubling as Nottingham Castle's great hall.

Features

A large building, 51 metres (168 feet) long by 10 metres (30 feet) wide, the barn originally formed part of a range of farm buildings grouped around an open rectangular yard.

An attraction for visitors is the barn's interior, with its timber cruck roof supporting 100 tons of stone.

References

Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn Wikipedia