Tithe Barn, Dunster

{{Short description|Tithe barn in Dunster, Somerset, England}}

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The Tithe Barn is a 14th-century tithe barn in Dunster, Somerset, England.

It has a cruciform plan. The east front has central double doors in heavy oak with a chamfered frame.{{cite web|url=http://www.dunstertithebarn.org.uk/|title=Dunster Tithe Barn|publisher=Dunster Tithe Barn|accessdate=2008-10-25}} It is a grade II listed building.{{cite web | title=Tithe Barn | work=historicengland.org.uk | url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1173455 | accessdate=2006-11-05}}

The barn, which was originally part of a Benedictine Dunster Priory, has been much altered since the 14th century and only a limited amount of the original features survive. In the "Valor Ecclesiasticus" of 1535 the net annual income of the Dunster Tithe Barn is recorded as being £37.4.8d (£37 23p), with £6.13s7d ( £6.68p ) being passed on to the priory in Bath.{{cite web|url=http://exmoorencyclopedia.org.uk/contents-list/36-d/344-dunster-tithe-barn-.html |title=Dunster Tithe Barn |publisher=Everything Exmoor |accessdate=2008-10-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713015727/http://www.exmoorencyclopedia.org.uk/contents-list/36-d/344-dunster-tithe-barn-.html |archivedate=2011-07-13 }}

The Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust (SBPT) has co-ordinated a £550,000{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/newscontent/92_dunster_tithe_barn.htm |title=Partnership resurrects 16th century tithe barn in Dunster |publisher=Crown Estate |accessdate=2008-10-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927091438/http://www.thecrownestate.co.uk/newscontent/92_dunster_tithe_barn.htm |archivedate=2011-09-27 }} renovation project on behalf of the Dunster Tithe Barn Community Hall Trust (DTBCHT), into a multi-purpose community hall under a 99-year lease at a pepper-corn rent, by the Crown Estate Commissioners who own the building. Funding has been obtained from the Heritage Lottery Fund and others to support the work.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbpt.info/restoration6.htm|title=The Tithe Barn, Dunster|publisher=Somerset Building Preservation Trust|accessdate=2008-10-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060212/http://www.sbpt.info/restoration6.htm|archivedate=2007-09-28}}