Your wedding - from the beginning...
Getting ready
The Moat House is our newest addition to the barns. The Dressing Room is what it says on the tin, you get dressed in here. Bring along your hairdresser, masseuse, manicurist, face painter, and photographer, or if you don’t fancy that…. just your closest friends/family. Kick back and enjoy your day in the spotlight, along with a scrummy breakfast, elevenses, a glass or two of bubbles and the undivided attention of everyone around you.
The Moat House opens from 8.00 am to give you plenty of time to shower, get your face done, your nails buffed, hair styled and enough time for the glamour shots.
Getting together
The Heritage barn is where all your F & F’s get to catch up with each other before the marriage ceremony
There is plenty of help at hand to assist with last minute panics and nerves. The bar is open, there are snacks available and plenty of people arriving to listen to last minute speech practice and rehearsal of vows.
The Heritage Barn opens from 11.00 am for guests who are in need of refreshment before they check into their rooms. Or, it is a great place for early guests to sit back, chat to friends and family. Or just sit in the Garden with a long cool drink.
Ceremony
The perfect locations
Getting hitched
You can decide where you would like your ceremony, either in our Fathom Barn or in our garden Pavilion. Alternatively, if you were considering a church ceremony the pretty St James’Church is a short stroll from the Barns.
Fathom Barn
Our ceremony room reflects the true essence of the day….. atmospheric, calm and romantic a perfect place to say your wedding vows.
In the Gardens
Say ‘I Do’ in the wedding pavilion joined by your friends and family whilst surrounded by an abundance of stunning flowers, hanging baskets and flowering pots.
St James Church
Church ceremonies can be held in either St James’ Cooling or St Helens’ in Cliffe. The first a short stroll and the second a short drive.
WEDDING RECEPTION
Relaxing, snapping, feasting & toasting
...and now relax and celebrate
Our glorious high beamed Tithe Barn is a wonderful canvas for you to paint your own picture. The decorative choices you make whether grandiose, glamourous, sparkly, rustic, or understated, will reflect your own ideas and style.
We will serve your Wedding Feast in this barn.
During the lead up to your wedding we will invite you to a supper evening, where along with other invited guests, you will sample our hospitality so that you can be assured that our kitchen provides the yummiest food using top quality ingredients.
Our aim is to keep your wedding day calm and stress free, your Duty Manager will be discreetly by your side to make sure that you relax and enjoy your day. Your Toastmaster will be making sure that your guests are all taken care of and also taking care of all the nitty gritty bits and pieces that help to make your day special. And, behind the scenes you can be sure that there is a whole team working to make sure your day is just perfect.
PARTY TIME
Lets dance like Fred & Ginger
Party, Buffet & Bands
Whilst you and your guests are enjoying your after dinner coffee, in the Heritage Barn, we are sneakily rearranging the Tithe Barn for your evening party.
When all is in position and the tables have been cleared and rearranged, and lights dimmed, it’s time for you to take the spotlight once again for your first dance as a married couple!
We offer loads of different options for your evening feast, the majority completely included in the price. So whether you opt for a Hog roast, a BBQ, Mexican, Indian, Spanish or even a Finger buffet, you can be sure that your evening guests will be as well fed as the guests that have been with you all day.
Our in house DJ will have a list of your music choices and so you can dance to all your faves right through until bedtime.
AND SO TO BED
Ultimate luxury in the master bedroom!
The master bedroom & sitting room
The Master Bedroom and sitting room are part of our fantastic Moat House. You will possibly have experienced the lovely dressing room this morning at the start of your day. The best is yet to come…
Lets start with the Sitting Room. It is a colourful and contemporary room filled with all your home comforts plus some lovely extras. If you can’t bear to finish your day you can invite your closest family to come back and join you for a late night coffee and chat.
Right OK, it’s time to throw out the hangers on-ers.
Upstairs in the Master Bedroom there is a lovely comfy sleigh bed and a deep cast iron double ended, freestanding bath, where you can soak your tired bones. Your Duty Manager will have popped up just before the end of your evening to deliver some nibbles and bubbles for you to lie back, close your eyes and enjoy. Just don’t let the others know, or they won’t leave!
