Plas Dinam Country House

Whilst we have no particular family/ancestral ties to Wales (we’re from London), we chose Plas Dinam as our wedding venue because it seemed to offer everything we wanted from our day. It completely exceeded our expectations. With rooms that could sleep up to 32 people all classily dressed, our guests loved staying there – the kitchens are well equipped, there’s a tennis court and snooker table, and lovely reception rooms – you get exclusive use of the space, so it’s not run like a hotel. What appealed to us about Plas Dinam was the DIY nature of it – this is not a venue who pump out wedding after wedding every weekend of the year and tell you what to do, so there’s lots of room for you to stamp your own mark on it. Pick your own wines, don’t pay corkage, find your own caterers (though their recommendations are worth listening to), end the night at the time you want, stock the bar yourself, make it cash or not, do it up, don’t do it up, set up a fire pit for stragglers to have whisky round at the end of the night, bring 400 sausages for a bbq the next morning. It’ll feel like your own day. We were blessed with the weather, but we also picked Plas Dinam because it’s somewhere that would not be affected by a wet day – whilst the wildflower meadow of June is a huge plus, and the landscape it stunning, it’s the indoor areas that make it. Nothing but happy memories from a unique venue that stands out from the crowd.

Plas Dinam is the perfect wedding venue if you are looking to have a wedding that is rustic, romantic and totally in your hands. We went to view the venue in June 2018 and Julie was kind enough to show us around the house and grounds. We knew then and there that this was the perfect venue as it was near enough to my family home and also had plenty of room for the groom’s Irish family to stay in the house! We booked for a mid-week wedding and for 3 nights as this gave everyone plenty of time to recover before travelling back to Ireland. Eldrydd and Julie were excellent in the months leading up to the wedding, answering all my questions and providing all the information we required. We arrived at the venue the day before and started decorating. The house honestly requires little if no decoration as it is beautiful both inside and out so we set to work decorating the stables. The house was the perfect size that it fit all our Irish family and friends and yet you didn’t feel cramped. On the day of the wedding we had originally hoped for an outdoor ceremony but the weather disagreed, so we opted for the beautiful Drawing Room. This is the perfect venue for a small, intimate ceremony, as ours was, and we were delighted with it! Julie was also wonderful as our wedding co-ordinator, making sure everyone was okay and everything was going to plan. The house and grounds provided the perfect venue for wedding photos and the stables are the most beautiful wedding reception venue you could imagine. Our wedding day was honestly the best day of our lives and we couldn’t imagine a better place than Plas Dinam for our celebrations!

We were lucky enough to be hosted by Eldrydd, Tyson, Julie and the team for our wedding in Spring, and we are genuinely, incredibly overwhelmed with not just the venue, but the little helping hands here and there to really make an event come together. The house itself is bursting with character, plenty of space to socialise with your guests and plenty of nooks to disappear to if you don’t. Each and every room is uniquely decorated but it doesn’t dilute the lived in feeling, it’s almost too easy to feel at home inside. Plas Dinam lends itself well to entertaining, the kitchen is clearly an epicentre where family and friends came for a tea or a chat, the lounges are popular for an aperitif and the pizza oven was put to use one evening (on a make-your-own basis), which turned out to be one of the best ice-breakers I could’ve hoped for. Part of the appeal for us was it’s ability to accommodate large families and friends for the wedding, and I can’t fault it. The house is complemented by the Stables which have a history of their own, and is where we held our reception. It’s both a blank canvas and a ready-to-use space in it’s own right, and it couldn’t suit it’s surroundings any better than it does now. All the convincing we needed was a little tour of the house and the stables – they’re a perfect combination. But all of that aside, the best part of our weekend was interacting with Eldrydd, Tyson & Julie. I can’t quite imagine how we could’ve executed a weekend like that without some pointers, tips and help from all of them. We’ll definitely be back – we just need an excuse (that isn’t another wedding).

For the wedding there are various options as to where you have the ceremony and reception. We decided to have an intimate ceremony in the beautiful drawing room accompanied by music played on Plas Dinams grand piano, followed by drinks on the lawn and dinner and evening reception in the stables.The stables are beautiful with quirky features and stylish WC’s as well as a bar and dance floor all ideally located just down from the house.

We were lucky enough to find Plas Dinam on a search for possible wedding venues last year and we are so pleased that we found it. We booked the house for the whole weekend and filled all of the rooms with our closet friends and family for the most magical wedding ever! The old stables, which we decorated for our wedding reception were beautiful, the grounds and gardens were superbly kept and hosts were fantastic in the run up and during the weekend! We could not recommend a better place to get married or spend a long weekend with friends and family!

Plas Dinam was the perfect wedding venue. We rented the whole house from Friday to Sunday and filled the bedrooms with guests which made for a great extended weekend of celebrations. Katie and Eldrydd really helped us make the place feel like our own and we felt so relaxed and comfortable whilst planning and during the weekend itself. They were also on hand and happy to help with anything we needed. When looking at other venues we found it was rare to truly have such a beautiful venue and then be able to build your own unique wedding day from scratch with as much or as little guidance as wanted or needed. Cannot recommend both the venue and the team highly enough!

We got married here just over a month ago and could not be happier we chose Plas Dinam! It is so relaxed, you really can make your wedding exactly whatever you want it to be!

Our ceremony was in the drawing room looking out onto the welsh countryside, it fit our 80 guests perfectly with the sun shining through the windows and our friend playing the grand piano in the room. The house is huge, by the time we left we were still getting lost! Every room is beautiful!

The glass roofed stables for the reception is such a different but perfect space. Other than our wedding day we were unlucky with the weather, but the indoor spaces meant that we still had a brilliant time for the four days we were there.

One of the things that really makes Plas Dinam stand out is the people, we had some bad luck with other venues, but from the second we spoke to Eldrydd and Louise we knew they would look after us, and they certainly did. I can’t tell you how important this was.

We had our wedding on 17th August 2019 at Plas Dinam and it was just the best weekend. We hired the house out from Friday to Monday and it was so nice having the extra time with our guests, The Friday night we were able to set up the stables ready for our reception and then use the built in pizza oven which was a really fun way of catering for our guests. On the Saturday, wedding day itself, we got married under the front door arch which was so pretty and then held drinks and canapés on the back lawn followed by the reception in the stables. The space was so good for our guests and the open dancefloor, bar and tables were great for creating a party atmosphere. On the Sunday we made the most of the house and grounds which was the perfect space to relax. Would definitely recommend Plas Dinam to others who want a relaxed venue they can make their own. Everyone is still talking about how much of an amazing weekend it was!

Plas Dinam was the perfect setting for our wedding day. The house, with its 15 gorgeous bedrooms, huge kitchen, majestic dining room, games rooms (and more) easily accommodated us, our close family, and bridesmaids and ushers for the weekend. The house is so big it is easy (and fun) to get lost and we never felt on top of each other. The gardens and grounds, looking over the breath-taking Welsh mountains are simply stunning, especially the wild flowers on the front lawns in July. The barn, where we held our reception dinner comfortably sat our 115 guests, and we all stayed there well into the night to party. Making the decision to stay at Plas Dinam for three nights was definitely the right one. Having our loved ones with us for the extended period of time meant the wedding felt longer and we enjoyed getting the house and grounds ready together on the Friday, and all went on a long walk on Sunday before enjoying a sing-a-long around the piano! Eldrydd and Tyson were very helpful throughout the wedding planning process, giving us advice on local accommodation, taxis, caterers and more, and helping us set up the barn and coming to our aid with some umbrellas when we had a (short, sharp!) shower ahead of the ceremony. We have said we would like to return and celebrate our 10 year anniversary at Plas Dinam, it truly was a magical place to spend the weekend. We’d advise anyone reading this to give Plas Dinam serious consideration for any party/wedding you may be organising, it won’t let you down!

The gardens and grounds, looking over the breath-taking Welsh mountains are simply stunning, especially the wild flowers on the front lawns in July. The barn, where we held our reception dinner comfortably sat our 115 guests, and we all stayed there well into the night to party.

Plas Dinam Country House soon became our favourite place. From the moment we drove up the the winding path to the house, we knew it was the place for us. Not only could we enjoy the beautiful surroundings that Plas Dinam sits in, but we got to extend our wedding to enjoy a whole weekend at the house for our wedding. We arrived on Thursday to crisp sheets, enjoyed pizza facilitated by Tyson on Friday, our wedding on Saturday in the Stables and a BBQ on Sunday. We feel absolutely blessed!

Eldrydd allowed us to make the house our home for the weekend and no request was too big or none negotiable. They were kind throughout and determined to make sure that, despite the pandemic, we were to have the wedding we had planned at Plas Dinam.

On the day Louise was never far to check how things were going and to organise the various suppliers who were a part of our day. Everything was so smooth and we trusted that Louise was in control.

We will forever be grateful for their kindness, support and consideration throughout! Thank you!

So much more than a wedding venue!

We were lucky enough to stay at Plas Dinam for 4 nights in September for our wedding. Choosing to get married here was the best decision we made, it is so much more than just a wedding venue!

The wedding itself was everything we hoped it would be, a relaxed and happy day in the most wonderful setting. Eldrydd, Tyson and Lou were brilliant and made sure everything ran smoothly. We were even lucky with the weather!

What makes Plas Dinam extra special is the days around the wedding, we were able to spend so much time with our family and friends having so much fun! The house is full of socialising space and activities, great for a crowd, and the outside space is perfect for BBQs and garden games. And the location is stunning – we all went for a walk in the glorious hills behind the house, and some even went for a swim in the ponds!

Overall I cannot recommend Plas Dinam enough. Thank you for so many wonderful memories, I hope one day we will be back!

Plas Dinam was the ideal setting for our intimate family-friendly wedding. As soon as we drove up the driveway, we knew THIS was the place – a beautiful house (which hasn’t lost the feeling of being a home), space for our guests to stay over, amazing views and a huge garden for our nieces and nephews to explore. Welsh weather played ball and we enjoyed the perfect weekend, from our wedding ceremony in the Drawing Room, canapés and champagne on the lawn, wedding breakfast in the Great Hall through to a wonderfully lazy Sunday including a morning’s fishing and an afternoon’s cricket match. Memories we will cherish forever. We loved this house, made all the better for the scattered remains of equipment and memorabilia spanning more than a century of family occupation. The house was obviously made for fun and games and that is what we had. Thank you for giving so many people the privilege of access to this wonderful home/hunting lodge/fishing base. The gardener amongst us wants to get his hands on the green house mind you! Idyllic, relaxed wedding venue in a stunning location, with incredible hosts.

Plas Dinam enabled us to stay alongside our family and friends for 4 nights, it was totally brilliant to be able to have our most important guests stay with us for a long weekend. The house itself is beautiful, every space is just so well put together. It had everything we needed and everybody was able to do their own thing but come together for group activities. The bedrooms were amazing and nobody had to feel like they were getting stuck with a second rate room! And the beds were fantastically comfy! We also had lots of compliments on the amazing bathrooms. The grounds and gardens were fabulous, and it definitely helped that we had four days of perfect sunny weather. Everybody particularly enjoyed being able to make delicious pizzas in the authentic pizza oven, and we rounded the weekend off with a campfire! It was also a bonus to be able to walk to a fabulous pub for a big group dinner. The setting for a wedding was perfect, with plenty of different spaces for the different parts of the day. Games and drinks on the lawns was super fun, and the stables were beautiful and rustic and we had the best time dancing until late. One of the reasons we picked Plas Dinam was because we would have the ability to DIY many elements of the day. Having the venue for 48 hours before the wedding enabled us to set things up exactly how we wanted things. Eldyrdd, Tyson and Julie were all totally amazing and we couldn’t have pulled it off without them. They were present and available at all times without being overbearing or intrusive. Overall we are so glad we selected Plas Dinam for one of the best weekends of our lives!

Put simply, Plas Dinam is magical. If you’re wondering if it lives up to the images and descriptions on the website, then fear not. It surpasses all expectations. The house sits in a picturesque valley with stunning views. Every room is carefully and beautifully furnished. Everything you need is provided and the owners Eldrydd and Tyson go out of their way to make sure you enjoy your stay. We booked Plas Dinam for our ‘Wedding weekender’ in July. I was making all arrangements from Australia, and Eldrydd was wonderfully helpful and patient in attending to all my queries and requests via email. When we finally arrived and saw Plas Dinam for ourselves, we couldn’t believe our luck in having chosen this amazing property to celebrate our wedding. For us, it was the perfect venue. We had 24 adults and 5 kids staying in the house for the whole weekend and an additional 8 guests joining us for the wedding day. We held the ceremony in the beautiful drawing room, gathered on the lawns for champagne and canapés, moved into the great hall for dinner then back into the drawing room for dancing and drinking until the small hours. We used every bedroom in the house, but at no point did it feel crowded. Over the course of the weekend our guests explored the grounds, went walking through the hills, played tennis, lazed in the sunshine, shared a BBQ on the terrace, and just enjoyed soaking up the unique atmosphere. A huge thank you to Eldrydd and Tyson for everything you did for us. Everyone agreed it was the best wedding they’ve ever been to and for us, it was just unforgettable.

What appealed to us about Plas Dinam was the DIY nature of it – this is not a venue who pump out wedding after wedding every weekend of the year and tell you what to do, so there’s lots of room for you to stamp your own mark on it. Pick your own wines, don’t pay corkage, find your own caterers (though their recommendations are worth listening to), stock the bar yourself, make it cash or not, do it up, don’t do it up, set up a fire pit for stragglers to have whisky round at the end of the night!

Eldrydd promised that Plas Dinam would be a magical place for our wedding party, and she was absolutely right. We really did have the most perfect time and the memories of our wedding will last a lifetime – not just for us, but for our guests too who without exception enjoyed every aspect of the party and its incredible setting. We felt very privileged to be able to stay at Plas Dinam and to hold our party there. It was clear that a huge amount of work goes on behind the scenes to make the house ready, easy to use and beautifully presented. Eldrydd’s list of suppliers made the organising so much easier and everyone who we booked or used was brilliant and a great recommendation. We also appreciated all of Eldrydd and Tyson’s hard work involved in getting us set up for the ceremony and the room cleared for the band. The bedrooms were very comfortable, all with lovely views, the reception rooms are wonderful and the house has something for everyone.

The house is big enough to comfortably sleep 32 and although it’s an old house, and there is a sense of grandeur, it isn’t in the slightest bit ostentatious. On our wedding day we were 92 in the evening and it felt intimate. We couldn’t have asked for anything more from the venue – Eldrydd (the PD’s manager) has an excellent suppliers list to help you with all your requirements. Would highly recommend Plas Dinam for anyone wanting an intimate wedding in the gorgeous Welsh countryside.

I don’t even know where to start with this review, as I don’t think I’ll be able to put into words how amazing Plas Dinam and the team are.

We knew this was the wedding venue for us as soon as we saw it – the beautiful scenery, gorgeous house, breathtaking stables and the incredible team at Plas Dinam. The venue truly is unique as you are able to hire it out exclusively for the entirety of your wedding. This is so special as it allows you to spend more than just one day with your guests. We had a pizza night on the Friday night before our wedding, which was so much fun! Tyson showed us how to use the oven and everyone enjoyed making their own pizza and socialising. We also hired out the lodge and the glamping tents as that enabled us to have a good number of our wedding party on site with us. It meant that everyone could explore the grounds and socialise before the wedding on the Saturday.

The true beauty of Plas Dinam is that it is a blank canvas. Eldrydd and her family are keen for you to make the wedding your own, so you really do get to create your own vision in the stunning stables. They are so helpful with any questions that you have along the way as you’re planning, they truly want your wedding to be everything you have imaged. Our wedding day went so smoothly due to all of Louise’s help. We didn’t have to worry about anything – it was perfect!

All of our friends and family commented on how beautiful the location was and also just how nice it was to be able to spend quality time together in such a gorgeous building.

It was our dream wedding venue and it honestly surpassed every expectation that we had. It truly was the best weekend ever and we can’t thank Eldyrdd, Tyson, and team enough!

We just wanted to message to say thank you so much for the most wonderful weekend!

Lou, (wedding coordinator) was amazing! She thought of solutions to problems before we even realised there was a problem. She was organised, reassuring and just a lovely person to spend time with! Thank you so much for making our wedding go so perfectly.

The bar staff were also fabulous! Nothing was too much trouble.

After the postponement and all the Zoom calls, we are so pleased to have finally got the wedding of our dreams. You have all been wonderful right from day one.

Could there be anywhere more perfect to get married!? We doubt it!

We chose Plas Dinam for our wedding not only for the gorgeous country house and stunning views but also for the opportunity to truly create an event that was our own. No other venue we viewed was able to give us this flexibility. Whilst it was the grounds of the venue that really sold us, we loved how the house itself manages to be both enormous and also very comfortable/homely. A great place to spend the weekend with our nearest and dearest. 

Our date rolled around and despite prior stress owing to pandemic-induced uncertainty, our wedding on the Saturday was utterly perfect. We had a beautiful humanist ceremony and a relaxed drinks reception out on the lawns overlooking the mountains. It was the most spectacular setting we could have asked for. The stables for dinner and our evening reception were equally wonderful and made for a great change of scenery for our guests. We kept our decor simple, making the most of our gorgeous florals and some lovely table runners – everything looked spectacular. 

It wouldn’t be fair to write a review without taking a moment to thank the wonderful team at Plas Dinam. Throughout all the uncertainty of the pandemic, Eldrydd reached out and ensured we stayed informed as government guidelines evolved. In the final few months of planning, and over the weekend itself, we had the absolute pleasure of working with Lou who did a wonderful job of coordinating our big day. She was calm, composed and it felt as though she was really invested in our event. Both Eldrydd and Lou paid attention to the things that were important to us for our event and worked hard to make it happen. It was also a lovely touch to receive a gorgeous card and gift from the PD team in amongst our other cards from guests. 

We truly had the wedding of our dreams, which didn’t always feel possible when planning amidst a global pandemic. Our guests repeatedly told us it was one of the best weddings they have attended and now we have so many gorgeous memories to look back on for years to come.

For a stunning ‘build-your-own’ wedding in the heart of the glorious Welsh countryside, look no further!

It’s hard to think where to start when reviewing plas Dinam as everything was so wildly beyond both our dreams, and more realistic expectations! From first contact with Eldrydd and our viewing with Julie in May 2018 their service was characterised by friendliness and genuine warmth. Without exception every single person said they felt honoured to have been invited to stay in this incredible house and as though they had been transported to a different world as it really is almost cinematic. Each room is a delight and we featured as many as possible in our wedding photos, with the chaps getting ready in the billiard room and museum and our ceremony being held in the great hall with its dramatic orange walls and stunning mouldings. The children in the family loved the comfy play rooms and the great variety of toys and we all appreciated the well appointed kitchens and two dishwashers! It’s amazing how comfortable this grand, opulent house feels when you’re there! The 360° views of welsh hills from the immaculate gardens take your breath away and provided the ideal backdrop for pictures. Moving on to the stables with its dreamlike glass roof, industrial light fixtures and vintage tiled walls was the perfect choice for our ‘geek-meets-rock-n-roll’ reception. We can’t thank them enough for their support throughout the planning and exceptional co-ordination services on the day. They make it easy for you to do as much or as little as you want to yourself and provide excellent contacts for all the other suppliers needed. We finished off the weekend with s’mores around the campfire tucked away on a bank in the gardens at the front, just with our closest friends and family, exactly as we had dreamed when we initially got engaged!

We could not have dreamt of a more beautiful setting for our wedding at Plas Dinam Country House. Eldrydd, Tyson and Julie were very approachable and helpful at every step of the way in planning our special weekend. The house and grounds are elegant and intimate at the same time. We all felt at ease and did not want to leave! Thank you so much for helping us have the perfect wedding weekend. We highly recommend this venue!

We feel very lucky to have found Plas Dinam as a venue for our wedding in July 2021. It was just perfect for us, such a special place and everything we had hoped for.

Eldrydd, Tyson  and the team were fantastic. They were total professionals, whilst maintaining a lovely, relaxed atmosphere, which is just what we wanted. They helped us navigate the ever- changing Covid restrictions, keeping us fully informed at all times, and staying so positive and encouraging throughout.

Wedding Coordinator Lou was a complete star. She guided us through the complex web of wedding planning with consummate ease. On the wedding weekend itself she was there throughout for advice and support, making sure the day itself went without a glitch. The staff at Plas Dinam were so lovely and helpful too.

The pre-wedding information was very useful and the trusted suppliers we utilised were great. These included Jane Shallow who was so friendly and very understanding of our wishes, producing such beautiful flowers for us. Emma and her lovely team at Paisley Flour provided delicious food with great service on the day, and the guests loved the quirky, fun props provided by Megan & Claude.

Plas Dinam is a truly amazing house with gorgeous rooms throughout and we loved being able to share it with our family and friends for the weekend. The younger guests enjoyed the freedom of having their own space in the glamping area, and the lodge house provided a very comfortable and quiet place to stay for a few of our older guests. Additional guests had no problem finding accommodation close by for the weekend and taxi transport was easy on the day itself. The Stables had just the right relaxed and rustic vibe we wanted for the wedding breakfast and evening celebrations, with fire pit and such pretty lighting adding to the atmosphere.

We loved every single minute of our Plas Dinam wedding and cannot recommend it highly enough.

Plas Dinam is a hidden gem in mid wales, and it really does not disappoint! If you‘re keen on a wedding/event that doesn’t feel cliche, or similar to other events you may have been to, then I urge you to check out Plas Dinam. From the minute we landed and had our first visit with Jane we knew we had found the right place to get married – no sales pitch, just a friendly chat and the grand tour of the house: what I can only describe as utterly mind blowing! Once you’re past the beauty of the inside, then you need to take a breath before you see the grounds outside – views for days! Eldrydd and Tyson are legends – they were just so helpful, but really leave you up to your own devices (unless you need them for anything). Their attitude as hosts is ideal, very relaxed but with incredible attention to detail, and you’ll notice this in every corner of the house and grounds. From the welcome gift when we arrived, the beautiful flowers in the garden, the amazing lighting in the stables, to the thoughtful products placed in the rooms. I still can’t decide what I loved the most – the rooms, the grounds or the amazing stables! Our friends and family are still talking about what a fantastic and original venue it is a month later – there‘s so much room for creating a wedding or event that is truly unique. The atmosphere in the stables is electric, and it really isn’t like other venues we‘d seen. It was so special but we couldn’t have done it without Eldrydd and Tyson’s insight around suppliers, timings and other logistics (wild garlic are the bomb, by the way!) and their friendliness to all out of our guests. You really can’t get bored at Plas Dinam, there are incredible walks, games rooms, a really sociable kitchen area for cooking and chatting, great area for biking, and the nearby pubs and towns are very sweet too. We genuinely can not recommend Plas Dinam enough, we’ll be talking about our weekend for years to come. Thank you very much Eldrydd, Tyson and team for a perfect weekend.