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Down Hall Hotel Wedding Venue

This impressive historic mansion is set in outstanding beauty

Essex, Bishops Stortford

£12,000 - £27,000

250 guests

13 reviews

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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