A lovely English summer's afternoon on June 15th saw the Tithe Barn Trust welcome members of The Burwell History Society keen to see and hear about the idyllic Grade II Landbeach Tithe Barn. The guests were quite entranced by what they saw and heard as Trustee Robert Stripe explained its history, use and how it may have come to be built using the materials from some distance away.
Despite a reluctance to leave, after about an hour the group moved on to visit the Grade I Listed Parish Church, just to the back of the Barn. The former direct link between the two buildings has gone but it was just a short trip around the central part of the Village to get there, where a further hour was spent in the company of Tithe Barn Trust Committee Member and Church Warden Dr Ray Gambell who regaled the same Members about the history of that building and the history of the village as a whole ... this time all over a cream tea!
Until 1975 Parish Churches were inextricably linked with their tithe barns, so this afternoon was no exception in linking the two buildings in the way we did.
Would you like your group to visit Landbeach tithe barn? Find out more by clicking the link below or email tithebarntrust@gmail.com .
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