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Barnston Lodge Weddings

From £4,000
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Barnston Lodge is a beautiful 18th Century manor house with stunning grounds in the heart of the Essex countryside, providing a stylish setting for your special day.
Key Info
Barnston Lodge Weddings
Barnston Lodge
Parsonage Lane
Dunmow
Essex
CM6 3NZ
Website: barnstonlodgeweddings.com
Tel: 07895 074 014
Email: info@barnstonlodgeweddings.com
 
 
Capacity
Ceremony:250
Dinner:250
Standing:250
Facilities
Licensed For Marriage:No
Accommodation:No
Exclusivity:Yes
Food & Drink
Catering:Couple's Choice
Bar:Couple's Choice
Licensed Until:On request
Other
Pets Welcome:Yes
Disabled Facilities:No
Child Friendly:Yes
Contact venue for late availability and exclusive offers
Pricing
From £4,000
  • Exclusive hire of the whole grounds for five days
  • Assistance from Jane, owner of Barnston Lodge and wedding coordinator extraordinaire!
  • Access to the lakes and summer house – a cosy room for guests featuring open fire. Additional drawing room available to hire inside the house for dress changes.
  • Barnston Lodge is a blank canvas venue, meaning that you can take in your marquee and catering suppliers of choice

Please contact the venue for detailed prices.

About
Setting

Barnston Lodge is a beautiful 18th Century manor house with stunning grounds in the heart of the Essex countryside.

It’s surrounded by wildlife, fields and grazing horses. The extensive lawns stretch down to a beautiful lake, making a stunning backdrop for any photos.

Also included: a rare nineteenth century summer house known as the Brew House, which would’ve been used to make beer back in the day. Today, though, it’s a candlelit snug where guests can retire from the dance floor and cosy up around the large fire.

St Andrew’s church is a stone’s throw away from the venue. It’s a Norman church which provides the perfect country setting to get married in.

Vibe

At Barnston Lodge, they offer their grounds exclusively to you for the entire weekend. This includes lots of support from the venue owner, Jane, and access to ‘The Brew House’, a candlelit summer house complete with open fire.

Barnston Lodge Weddings provides a personal and professional service enabling guests to feel at home. They will work with you to ensure that your wedding is as you always imagined it. Bespoke wedding venues are few and far between, so they welcome you to be as creative as you possibly can at their stunning venue, ensuring your day is uniquely you with no corkage fee or overpriced catering.

At Barnston Lodge they are proud to offer a bespoke wedding service to create the wedding of your dreams. From country-traditional to festival themed, their space is versatile for you to enjoy a wedding that best reflects you. Their favourite so far has definitely been a wedding inspired by the Deep South, where Rosie and Paul walked from the church to venue accompanied by a marching band!

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Sending Barnston Lodge Weddings the biggest thank you we are capable of!! Barnston Lodge was the most perfect venue, and Jane – you were more helpful and accomodating than we could have hoped for from a reception venue. All our guests have told us how wonderful your gardens were, and the photographer has been so complimentary about you that I think he would like to be your go-to photographer. We cannot tell you how over the moon we are with the way everything turned out, and we really are so pleased we found you!

Jodi & Ross

We wish we could do it all again. Thank you for making our wedding day the BEST. You have been so supportive throughout the whole process. We wish we could do it all again.

Mr & Mrs Barnes

I just wanted to add my own message of appreciation for everything you did to make our wedding day the great success it was. It was an absolute pleasure getting to know you both throughout the process and we are both so grateful for the wisdom, experience and insights you shared with us along the way and for your very relaxed, no-nonsense approach to helping us plan our wedding and flexibility in letting us design exactly the style of event that we wanted to create. The level of care and interest you showed throughout made us feel as though we were both in the hands of complete professionals but also as if we were a family planning an event at home. Barnston Lodge will always have a special place in our hearts – it was the perfect venue for us, and we feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to celebrate our wedding at your beautiful home.

 

Married September 2023

Imogen & Michael

Through constant Covid-19 changes, you supported us every step of the way. Thank you so much for making our day so special. Our day ran so smoothly and we will always be so grateful.

The Carders

Thank you for everything. From the word go we really fell for your amazing venue and knew we would have a brilliant and memorable day there. Thank you for all your support and for being so accomodating and flexible. Your beautiful garden and house are amazing in the photos and a credit to you. Barnston Lodge for one day was like our second home so thanks for making our day!

Sarah & Richie

OUR PERFECT WEDDING DAY! We are so glad we chose Barnston Lodge Weddings to host our wedding reception. The stunning house, lawns and beautiful lake were just perfect, and our photographs are fantastic! We would have no hesitation to recommend Barnston Lodge Weddings as a venue. I’m sure some of our single friends will be calling you in the future!

Sandy & Ade

We just had to write and say thank you for the use of your beautiful venue and for all of your help and advice!

We just had the best day ever, and everyone seems to have enjoyed it! Ella keeps saying her day was absolutely perfect, and she wouldn’t have changed a thing. The amazing weather really helped, too! I know weddings can be stressful and hard work, but it must be lovely to see happy people enjoying themselves at your venue. We loved it. Thanks again for everything.

 

Married July 2023

Sarah & Andrew – parents to Ella & Mark

Thank you so much for all your help over the wedding weekend – and in the almost three years leading up to it! Everything was absolutely perfect, and your hard work did not go unnoticed.

 

Married July 2023

Lucy & Rob

A very big thank you for all the effort you went to on our wedding day. You made us feel so welcomed. We all had a wonderful time! Everything was so lovely, from the food, decor and stunning grounds. The day flew by so quickly – we only wish we had more time. We’ve come away with some lovely memories from the day.

Anita

Thank you for your help, support and advice to make our day so perfect. Barnston Lodge is the most beautiful place, with incredible surroundings, and you made it even better. We couldn’t have managed today without your expertise and organisational skills. Thank you for being at the end of the phone or email, even at unsociable hours, and for supporting our suppliers when necessary. You really have made our wedding day so special and have gone to every length to make sure it is so. We are truly grateful for all that you have done with us, for us, and behind the scenes. So once again, a massive heartfelt thanks.

 

Married June 2023

Kate & Matt

We both wanted to thank you so much for all of your help on and before our wedding day. It was incredible from start to finish, and we couldn’t have done it without you and your beautiful grounds – our guests raved about it! Jess and Michael.

 

Married August 2023

Jess & Michael

I just wanted to say a very big thank you to you and your husband for Stephan and Louise’s wedding. They chose well in their quest to find the right place. They could not have found a more perfect venue. Everything went so smoothly. It was such a happy day and it was made possible by your attention to detail even down to the Cypriot flag, which made us feel very welcome. This was my first marquee wedding and I didn’t know what to expect, it was picture perfect. I wouldn’t have wanted it to be anywhere else. Thank you for making their wedding day so special.

Koulla Eleftheriou

A massive thank you to all at Barnston Lodge Weddings for all the help, advice and attention, not to mention sheer hard work that helped make the wedding so special. For all of us it was the most happy and perfect day. Thank you for sharing your home and grounds so completely.

Dee & David
FAQs
Am I allowed to choose my own caterers?

Yes-absolutely! We are a blank canvas wedding venue, which means that you're hiring the grounds from us and choosing your own marquee, caterers, florists, band/DJ, and more. If this sounds overwhelming, please don't be! We also have lists of contractors who we've worked well with over the years, and once we get to know you as a couple, we can make lots of suggestions and support with the booking and organising.

What's included in the price?

Our fee covers the use of the grounds of Barnston Lodge and the support that you will be receiving from Jane, both on the lead up to the day and on the day itself. Please note that on top of this cost you will need to hire in a marquee or teepee as well catering suppliers and other suppliers. This does mean that you get freedom to choose who and what you wish!

It says that you can accommodate up to 250 guests. Is this set in stone?

If you have a few more than 250 guests please do speak to Jane, depending on car parking at the venue if it's a lot more people, as well as remembering that you will need to hire a pretty big marquee, we are flexible.

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