A tithe barn was a type of barn used in the Middle Ages for storing the tithes - a tenth of the farm's produce which had to be given freely to the church.
There are many surviving examples of medieval tithe barns in England:
There are still many examples of tithe barns around England.
... by the words
under an old picture first referred to by
Francescus Tolensis[?]: "In all things I sought quiet and found
it not save in retirement and in books." ...