barn door

This Tithe Barn was originally built in the 12th Century to store Tithes – taxes paid to the St Mary's Priory’s monks by the people living on the monastic estate.  Following the dissolution of St Mary’s Priory Abergavenny in 1542, the building was used for many different purposes, including a theatre in the 17th Century & a discotheque in the 20th Century.
The Church took ownership of the Tithe Barn & conservation was undertaken in 2002 to stabilise the building allowing it to continue to be visited almost 900 years after it was first built

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