Upminster Tithe Barn
You’re at the Upminster Tithe Barn, a medieval agricultural building that dates from around 1450 and is protected as a scheduled monument. Although its name suggests “tithes,” the more accurate story is that it functioned as a grange barn: it passed from ecclesiastical to secular hands after the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1540. Earlier, it belonged to Hall Farm, connected with the manor of Upminster Hall, and ownership of that farm traced back to Waltham Abbey until 1540. In 1937, the barn and about 30 acres around it were sold to Hornchurch Urban District Council. A fire in 1973 damaged part of the roof, and re-thatching repairs were completed by February 1975; further work led to the conversion into museum use, with the Museum of Nostalgia opening on 1 May 1976. It closed in January 2024, and by June 2025 the building was vacant and under renovation—marking a pause in a long history of local stewardship.
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