This barn was built in the 17th century, possibly after the Court House and farm were confiscated from the Diocese of Winchesterand later donated by Charles II to Stephen Fox.
In medieval times the lands of East Meon Manor and Meon Ecclesia were owned by the Bishops of Winchester and either farmed in demesne by serfs indentured to the Diocese or let to farmers. The equipment and farm buildings for both were housed in the curia of The Court House which had two barns, one a tithe barn for the one-tenth of produce of tenant farmers, one a manorial barn for the grain grown on the demesne lands.. Following the Reformation, Court Farm was let to farmers who used The Hall and the other buildings to house their equipment and produce.
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