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Great Coxwell Barn is a large 14th-century barn on the northern edge of the village of Great Coxwell, in Oxfordshire, England, though formerly in Berkshire. It is located in the Vale of White Horse near the market town of Faringdon. ==Name and use== There is some dispute about the name of the barn: although nearby (old) signposts direct visitors towards the ''Great Coxwell Tithe Barn'', the visitor's guide Munby (1996) published by the National Trust (the owner since 1956) is entitled ''Great Coxwell Barn''. When it was built, it was as part of a monastic grange under the control of Beaulieu Abbey, in Hampshire. As such the barn would have been used to store most, if not all, of the crop of the grange. Also crops were received, as tithes, to Beaulieu Abbey as rent from tenant farmers, for acreages owned by the Abbey. Beaulieu Abbey collected these tithes from tenant farmers and parishioners, who were obliged to deliver a portion of their crop to the barn. These tithes were recorded by a clerk who had his office inside the west door. Since the barn is very large—the internal measurements of the main "hall" being by —it could be argued that the barn should be named the ''Great Barn - Great Coxwell''. The barn is one of a number of barns termed ''great barns'' in Aston (2000): It is also noted as a favourite of the well known poet William Morris who described the Barn as "unapproachable in its dignity". He would often bring guests to marvel at its splendour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Coxwell Barn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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