Weddings · The barn

The barn

Built in the 17th century, much changed in the 19th, and ready for the next party.

The heart of the day

Room for everyone you love

The barn has stood here since the 17th century, and the 19th century gave it a serious makeover. Today it takes up to 160 guests for the ceremony and dinner, and 200 for the evening. It's yours from 10am until midnight, and nobody else is booked in that day.

Guests at long tables in the barn raising their glasses and cheering under the fairy lights

Built for music

It sounds as good as it looks

A previous owner ran an opera season in the barn every year, and the acoustics show it. Your band, your DJ or your string quartet will thank you.

Calm double bedroom with a painted sleigh bed, wall lights and a beaded chandelier

Round bathroom with a roll-top bath, twin basins and a crystal chandelier

Next door

Bed is a short walk away

The fifteen bedrooms sit right next to the barn, so the thirty or so people staying over don't need a taxi at midnight. In the morning, breakfast is waiting.

The rooms

Wooden tables laid under open-sided canopies in the courtyard garden in daylight

Piet Oudolf's walled garden of pink and purple perennials and clipped yew under a summer sky

Outside

Courtyards and a walled garden

Outdoors, the courtyards suit drinks in the sun, and the walled garden makes a quiet escape from the party. The gardens by Piet Oudolf and Christopher Bradley-Hole are right outside the door.

The gardens

Inside the barn