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Down Hall Hotel Wedding Venue
This impressive historic mansion is set in outstanding beauty
Wedding venue, with license for ceremonies
Luxury Hotel Rooms for Guest Accommodation
Dining, Leisure, Tennis Courts and Padel Tennis
A Historic House situated in breathtaking countryside
Stunning Grounds set in 110 Acres, for your Wedding Photographs
Exclusive use area
Prices & Key Facts
Prices
Price Band: ££ - £££
Typical Price: £15,000
Price Range: £12,000 - £27,000
Based on 80 adult guests.
Per Person Price Range: £276 - £336
Capacity
Guests for a ceremony: 150
Guest Capacity (min/max): 30 / 250
Guests for sit down meal: 30 - 180
Accomodation
Accommodation Rooms: 98
Accommodation Capacity: 200
About Down Hall Hotel
We are a beautiful, historic country house hotel licensed for civil wedding ceremonies and wedding receptions in Essex. Situated in the breathtaking beauty of the Hertfordshire/Essex countryside, providing an exquisite backdrop for your special day...
Down Hall is the place where your dreams are turned into perfect reality. Dating back to the 15th Century, (1540) Down Hall has a wonderful array of rooms and suites to host the most intimate of ceremonies, luxury wedding breakfasts and stunning receptions, most with panoramic views over our beautiful gardens.
Our Chef and his team have created the most exquisite menus for your special occasion, using the freshest and finest ingredients either from our own vegetable garden or locally sourced produce, complimented by outstanding personal service from our staff.
Our dedicated Wedding Co-ordinators will guide through your arrangements from the very first time you contact us, to the moment you take your vows. Every detail is taken care of and they come equipped with lists of recommended suppliers, creative ideas and years of valuable experience to help make your wedding day everything you could have ever dreamed of and more.
Our different wedding reception rooms can cater for parties of different sizes, with our largest room holding 200 guests and our smallest 32. Large windows provide a dramatic outlook onto our landscaped Hertfordshire gardens, creating the perfect backdrop for live music performances and dancing following your first dinner with guests as husband and wife.
The Details
Type of Ceremony
Civil ceremony licensed
Humanist / Celebrant weddings
Outdoor Ceremonies
Receptions Only
Venue Setting
Countryside
Remote
Town
Venue Type
Stately home
Large hotel
Country House
Manor House
Mansion
Intimate Venue
Outdoor Weddings
Historic
Suitable for Jewish Weddings
Additional Facilities
Outdoor ceremonies
Honeymoon suite
Guest rooms
Dance floor
Live music permitted
Discos permitted
Fireworks permitted
Wedding coordinator
Spa facilities
Onsite car parking
One wedding per day
Licensed bar
Inhouse Toastmaster
Wedding packages
Bespoke weddings
Good Disabled Access
Dog friendly
Exclusive use
Catering Options
Inhouse Caterers
BBQ & Hog Roasts
Contact & Location
Down Hall Hotel
ADD LINE 1, ADD LINE 3, Bishops Stortford, CM22 7AS, Essex, United Kingdom
FAQs
Yes, Down Hall can be hired on an exclusive basis at an additional cost. Please speak to one of our wedding coordinators for more information about this.
We are licensed for both indoor and outdoor ceremonies, as well as celebrant ceremonies which are becoming more popular.
We have a beautiful outdoor Gazebo which can be added to any of our packages at an extra fee (to cover exterior chair hire cost).
Yes, any alcohol bought onto the premises will have a corkage fee attached to it.
No, our kitchen isn't big enough for external caterers and we don't have suitable space for a field kitchen, however, our chefs are very flexible and can cater for lots of different cuisines and cultures.
We usually try to set up the rooms the night before, but if we have an event or another wedding in these rooms, our team are on hand to help decorate the morning of the wedding as per your instructions.
12 midnight is the latest time we allow music to be played.
No, we don't have sound limiters on site.
We do allow fireworks and have preferred suppliers to assist with this.
Unfortunately not, but past couples have been creative and used other things such as bubbles instead.
Yes we allow candles enclosed in holders.
We have a brand new honeymoon suite which was added to the hotel as part of our refurb, this is called the Liddell Suite. Designed with an apartment feel, there is a separate lounge and bedroom, with a beautiful roll top bath in the bedroom overlooking the meticulous gardens.
We have 100 bedrooms at Down Hall, so we can accommodate your guests the night of your wedding at a preferential rate.
There are some smaller B&B type accommodation nearby, but as we are quite rural, we recommend booking taxis in advance.
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