Ryton, tithe barn

HER Number

13518

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ryton, tithe barn

Place

Ryton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Agriculture and Subsistence

Site Type: Broad

Agricultural Building

Site Type: Specific

Tithe Barn

General Period

MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Medieval 1066 to 1540

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

The wall between the churchyard and former rectory is of some interest, incorporating the north wall of a building with a central pair of blocked doorways and three triangular vents to either side. This might conceivably have been a tithe barn {Peter Ryder 1993}.

Easting

415100

Northing

564800

Grid Reference

NZ415100564800

Sources

Peter F. Ryder, 1993, The Church of the Holy Cross, Ryton (assessment for the Durham Diocesan Advisory Committee)