NHER 22726 (Building record) - Former tithe barn and adjacent piggery, Rectory Road

Tithe barn c.50m north-west of Old Parsonage House (NHER 69686). Also included in this record is a single-storey former outbuilding immediately to the north that had previously been used as a piggery. This structure can be clearly seen on the Ordnance Survey First Edition map (S1). A similarly-aligned building of roughly the same size is shown at this location on the earlier Edgefield tithe map (S2), although this is depicted as an 'L'-shaped structure, with an additional section adjacent to the road.

February 1987. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Tithe barn…18th century. Brick with pantile roof, gable parapets. Road front: large off-centre doorway to right, six square honey combed air vents, blocked doorway and windows to left, oversailing eaves cornice. Honeycombed air vents in gables: south, one square, one lozenge; north, one lozenge. Rear: large doorway partially blocked with flint; varied brick work; shaped brick buttress. North part used as a school between 1760 and 1825. Forms a group with the Old Parsonage House [NHER 69686]."
Referred to in (S3).
Information from the National Heritage List for England (S4), which should be consulted for the full, current listing details.
E. Rose (NAU) 9 July 1986. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 10 January 2025.

September 2011. Building Survey.
Condition survey of the barn and adjacent former piggery building ahead of the proposed conversion of these structures to residential use.
It is noted that west flank and north and south gables of the barn are constructed of soft red bricks in Flemish Bond. The east flank has a more random construction with flint in the lower sections and the brickwork more randomly bonded, with some 'brick-on-edge' coursing - it appears to predate the other walls. The roof is covered in pantiles and comprises three principal trusses with substantial tie beams at eaves level, between which are secondary trusses with collars but no tie beams. Some repairs were evidence to the most northerly truss. The former piggery building to the north is of more recent date and comprises a low, single-storey, flint-walled building with a pantile roof. Parts of its walls contain 20th-century blocks.
It was observed that the barn has suffered quite severe deformations, with cracks forming in the corners where the roof trusses have been inadequately restrained and have exerted lateral pressure onto the wall head. Other defects noted included the deterioration of roof timbers and masonry due to water ingress resulting from displaced roof tiles. Although the roof of the former piggery building is largely sound it was noted that it would be difficult to adapt to the proposed conversion due to its shallow pitch, which is below that now recommended for pantiles.
See report (S5) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 10 January 2025.

May 2012. Photographic Survey.
Basic survey of the barn and a former piggery to the north, ahead of the proposed conversion of these structures to residential use.
See report (S6) for further details, including a description of the proposed conversion. See also (S7).
P. Watkins (HES), 10 January 2025.,