21. Tithe barns in Europe are some of the largest and oldest timber frame buildings.22. Other old buildings include the tithe barn . 23. Originally a tithe barn , the building has various additions, the latest in 1997. 24. Crucks were chiefly in use in the medieval period for structures such as large tithe barns . 25. Winterbourne Court, a 14th-century tithe barn , stands immediately adjacent to the Church. 26. West Lockinge had a tithe barn for several centuries but no trace of it now survives. 27. One of its more distinctive buildings is a thatched tithe barn , now a private house. 28. Tithe barns were used to store tithes, from the local farmers to the ecclesiastical landlords.29. The building was used by the Abbey as its Hospitium and later as a tithe barn . 30. In 2001 the Tithe Barn ( " Zehntelschir " ) was transformed into a library.
