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The Old Tithe Barn, Borobury, Peterborough.
The Old Tithe Barn, Borobury, Peterborough.
Drawn & Lith.ed by Charles Moore. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph, scarce. Sheet 315 x 415mm (12¼ x 16¼") Some wear in margins; bit dusty.
The interior of Peterborough Abbey's tithe barn, built in the 13th century for the original abbey. In 1898 Rev. W.D. Sweeting wrote: "Until a very few years ago there was a mediaeval building at Peterborough of the greatest interest. This was the old Tithe Barn of the Abbey, situated in the Manor of Boroughbury, on the Lincoln Road. It was much the finest in the kingdom. Unhappily the ''enterprising builder'' has obtained possession of it, and it has been pulled down, the materials, all Barnack stone, having been employed in building houses. It was of good thirteenth century work, and in perfect condition. On the east side were two large porches, by which a waggon fully laden could enter the barn. The roof was supported by very massive timbers rising from the ground, the whole arrangement resembling a wooden church with aisles".
Sweeting: The Cathedral Church of Peterborough.
[Ref: 43290]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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