THE " GOTHIC BARN 



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visit this old-fashioned viUage, rich in old timber- 

 framed houses, and possessing an ancient tithe-barn 

 which, standing next the church, was once part of an 

 obscure Priory established here. The " Gothic Barn " 

 is built precisely on ecclesiastical lines, with nave and 

 aisles, and is the largest of the tithe-barns now 

 remaining in England, being 191 feet in length and 



THE " GOTHIC BARN, HARMONDSWORTH. 



38 feet in breadth. The wails are built of a rouo;h 

 kind of conglomerate found in the locality, and called 

 " pudding-stone," the flints and pebbles distributed 

 through the rock resembling to a lively imagination 

 the currants and raisins in plum-puddings. The 

 interior of the barn is a vast mass of oak columns and 

 open roofing. 



A relic of old country life may be seen hanging in 



