"We saw four barns in a fortnight and this was the only one where nobody handed us a brochure. Ruth walked us the length of the room with a tape measure and told us 130 would mean round tables. We booked that afternoon."
What it costs, in full
Four hire rates, no minimum bar spend, no corkage, and no commission from any supplier. Everything below includes VAT and two nights of exclusive use.
Packages
What the hire fee covers
The same three questions come up at every viewing, so here they are answered before you ask.
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In every hire
Exclusive use of the whole site for two nights, 140 oak chairs and six trestle tables, crockery and glassware for 140, the bar and cellar, a coordinator from booking to the morning after, and all sixteen beds in the Granary.
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Not in the hire
Catering, drink, flowers, music, the registrar and your photographer. We hold a list of about thirty suppliers who know the building, and we take no commission from any of them.
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How you pay
A £1,500 deposit holds the date. Half the balance nine months out, the rest six weeks before. Move the date once, free, if you give us more than ninety days.
The numbers
Four hire rates
and nothing hidden under them
Hire rates
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Full weekend — £11,800
April to October, Friday two o'clock to Sunday eleven. Up to 140 seated and 200 standing.
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Winter weekend — £7,900
November to March, same two nights, same capacity. The barn is heated from the night before.
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Midweek — £6,400
Monday to Thursday, up to 90 guests, two nights. £4,900 for a midweek date between November and March.
Optional extras
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Evening only — £3,200
From six in the evening for up to 200 standing, for couples marrying elsewhere in the day.
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A third night — £900
Stay on the Sunday. Most people who take it use it for breakfast in the courtyard and a slow pack-down.
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Ceremony set-up outdoors — £450
Chairs, the aisle and the arch under the oak, set the day before, with the Long Barn laid as the wet-weather plan.
"It rained from eight in the morning until midnight and we did not care once. The barn was laid for the ceremony before we were awake, and Elias made the call at ten so our florist had time to move the arch."
Open days
Come and stand in it
Open days run 10am to 2pm with no appointment: Sunday 11 October, Sunday 15 November, Sunday 17 January. Or ask us for a private viewing on a weekday.
