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Country House Wedding Venues
As one of the UK’s top wedding venues, Crockwell Farm is certainly an excellent location for celebrating one of life’s most precious moments.
As the saying goes, “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”. Weddings are certainly one of those breathtaking moments, and they should be celebrated and honoured accordingly. Renowned as one of the UK’s best country house wedding venues in Northamptonshire, Crockwell Farm offers an outstanding setting for weddings of all sizes. We provide fully bespoke services, ensuring a unique and intimate experience for couples as well as their families and friends.
Awarded “Top 100” status by the highly prestigious Condé Nast Brides magazine, Crockwell Farm is nestled within the rolling hills and undiscovered lanes of South Northamptonshire. Our venue is near the Oxfordshire and Warwickshire borders, making it easily accessible via the M40 and M1 motorways.
Benefits
Crockwell: an idyllic and intimate venue for a very Special Occasion
If you are looking for a quiet and intimate venue to celebrate your upcoming union, Crockwell Farm should be top of your list. Converted by the Harper family in 1998 and formally established in 2002, Crockwell is one of the premier venues in the UK, providing couples with an ideal setting for a luxury barn and country house wedding.
Our venue has undergone significant changes throughout the decades, and we are still continuing to make improvements to this day to serve the specific needs of our clients.
The stone farm buildings house a lovely oak-glazed entrance hall, a vaulted ceremony barn, and stunning internal marquees that offer panoramic and enchanting views of the picturesque Northamptonshire countryside. In the spring of 2020, Crockwell underwent extensive renovations to further enhance the look and ambience of our rustic bar and luxury marquee space.
Today, Crockwell is home to charming farm cottages with nine en-suite bedrooms that can serve as a home away from home for up to 28 guests. The cottages are eminently suitable for couples travelling to Northamptonshire as they offer a space where they and their family can relax both before and after the wedding.
At Crockwell, our goal is to help couples transform their dream wedding into reality. With several locations to choose from, we are confident we will be able to fulfil your specific needs and aesthetic preferences. You can utilise either an indoor or outdoor venue, as well as our delightfully spacious and well-manicured gardens that will make your wedding ceremony and reception even more memorable.
Best of all, our facilities can be exclusively yours for three days.
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Discover what makes our small Country House wedding venue exceptional
In recent years, couples have increasingly sought superior alternatives to run-of-the-mill wedding venues. Because traditional venues often have restrictive rules, not to mention being rather dull and unimaginative, people now seem to prefer converted barns, farms and country houses.
Owing to their naturally beautiful and picturesque surroundings and the more idyllic and laid-back atmosphere, farm and country house wedding venues have significantly grown in popularity in the UK. They are also the perfect location for those who want a non-religious ceremony but in a more joyful and picturesque setting than a registry office.
At Crockwell Farm, our wedding venues can serve as a beautiful backdrop for one of the most significant days of your life. In addition, they can be tailored to match your chosen wedding theme, enabling you to achieve the overall look and ambience you are hoping for. As we want to provide you and your guests with an experience you will never forget, we are continually striving to improve our services and facilities.
“It really is the little touches that count when planning a wedding and Crockwell has thousand of little touches up their sleeve. Just wish we could do it all again now!”
Permanent Unique and Dry
The Vaulted Barn
Built in the 1700s, the stone Vaulted Barn is truly a historic wedding venue. It is one of the original buildings from when Crockwell was still a working farm. Restored by the Harpers in the early 2000s, the barn has hosted a number of small weddings and parties.
With its intimate and romantic ambience, the Vaulted Barn is undoubtedly a favourite barn venue for many of our clients. It can seat up to 86 people, making it the ideal wedding venue for small to medium-sized ceremonies. Besides a few church candles and flowers, which we can quickly arrange before the ceremony, the stone Vaulted Barn needs very little to no decoration.
Workshop barn conversion
The Saddle Room Bar
Built in the 1700s, the stone Vaulted Barn is truly a historic wedding venue. It is one of the original buildings from when Crockwell was still a working farm. Restored by the Harpers in the early 2000s, the barn has hosted a number of small weddings and parties.
With its intimate and romantic ambience, the Vaulted Barn is undoubtedly a favourite barn venue for many of our clients. It can seat up to 86 people, making it the ideal wedding venue for small to medium-sized ceremonies. Besides a few church candles and flowers, which we can quickly arrange before the ceremony, the stone Vaulted Barn needs very little to no decoration.
“It really is the little touches that count when planning a wedding and Crockwell has thousand of little touches up their sleeve. Just wish we could do it all again now!”
The Pole Barn Conversion
The Starlit Marquee
With its high ceilings and expansive windows, the Starlit Marquee offers guests panoramic views of the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside. Large hanging hoops with foliage and a fairy-light canopy also feature prominently in the wedding venue, making it both festive and inviting.
If you have invited a large number of guests, the Starlit Marquee will be the perfect wedding venue. With a capacity of up to 200 people, it provides enough space for the day’s celebrations and activities, including the much-anticipated wedding feast. Furthermore, the Marquee is accessible from 2:00pm the day before the wedding, giving you ample time to decorate and make the venue uniquely yours.
Similar to the Saddle Room Bar, the Starlit Marquee has undergone recent renovations. It now features underfloor heating and neutral yet classic flooring, ensuring you and your guests’ comfort and enjoyment during the wedding reception no matter what the season. And thanks to the Marquee’s adjoining secret dance floor, you can dance the day or night away as there’s no need to move the furniture around to make room.
As one of the UK’s best wedding venues, we at Crockwell Farm prioritise your comfort and convenience. This is why there’s no need to worry about bringing chairs, cutlery, glassware and crockery to the Starlit Marquee for the wedding reception. We will happily provide everything for you. We will also handle all the other decorative materials so you don’t have to. As mentioned earlier, you can leave the smallest details to us so you can focus on what is important to you.
The Grain Barn Conversion
The gardens and grounds
While our indoor venues are renowned for their rustic charm and beauty, our outdoor settings are also in a league of their own. Surrounded by Northamptonshire’s verdant rolling hills and idyllic scenes of nature, Crockwell Farm is certainly an enchanting location for outdoor ceremonies and receptions.
Our unique venue is situated in the heart of a privately owned 400-acre farm and picturesque gardens feature prominently on the estate. Owner Hermione personally and painstakingly plans and maintains the gardens to ensure they are always picture-ready regardless of the time of year. If you are keen on planning an outdoor wedding, Crockwell’s beautiful landscaped gardens offer a beautiful and romantic setting with lots of fabulous photo opportunities.
Planning a summer wedding at Crockwell will undoubtedly be a wonderful experience as you have exclusive use of our gardens for entertaining guests. If the weather cooperates, everyone can enjoy reception drinks and canapés underneath our picturesque walnut tree. Because no wedding should be without a dose of fun and entertainment, our well-manicured gardens are the ideal venue for hosting not just outdoor ceremonies, but also games, live musical performances and other activities you may have in store for your guests.
converting the barns
The Orchard Pavilion
We formed two cottages out of the stables and outbuildings with the intention of doing some bed and breakfast and holiday lets. It seemed a real shame to divide up the main barn so we put it back together; insulated and formed a ceiling, keeping all the beams and cross-beams exposed. We put in under-floor heating, and found some wonderful oak floorboards to stay in character. We employed a local blacksmith to make windows from the narrow slits which had been the air vents for the barn (or maybe for shooting arrows through)! He also made the wall lights which are complemented by warm up-lighters and beam lights which highlight the beamed ceiling. We ended up with the ceremony barn pretty much as it is today which is a wonderful place to make your vows.
first wedding in the barn in 2000
Guest Accommodation
For many couples, spending quality time with their closest friends and family can be quite a challenge. Besides being pressed for time, finding a suitable place to gather together can be difficult. However, at Crockwell Farm, making this a possibility is just part and parcel of our commitment to helping you organise a fairytale wedding to remember.
Within Crockwell’s stunning country house are nine spacious bedrooms that can offer safe and comfortable two-night accommodation for your core wedding party. With your friends and loved ones nearby, it will be much easier to enjoy a relaxing time with them once the wedding preparations have been completed.
Flexible space
The Breakfast Room
The Breakfast Room is one of the most recent additions to Crockwell Farm. Featuring a stylish contemporary design, it is the ideal spot to enjoy a big breakfast on the morning before or after the wedding. Located right next to the Saddle Room Bar, the Breakfast Room can be easily accessed via the large rolling door.
Breakfasts have always been a joyful affair here at Crockwell. You and your guests can take your pick from a wide array of fresh fruits, yoghurts, toast and homemade granola. We also offer a cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs, free-range sausages, organic mushrooms and tomatoes. Every ingredient is sourced locally to ensure that our trademark wedding breakfasts are always fresh, organic and delicious.
If you and your bridal party would prefer something lighter for your wedding breakfast, we can offer you bagels with smoked salmon and scrambled eggs or something similar. Just say the word and we will do our best to accommodate your request. For those who want something more filling on the morning after the wedding, we also offer a “hangover breakfast” at around 9:30am. This is undoubtedly a great time to exchange stories and reminisce about the events of the day before. It also offers you the opportunity to say goodbye to your guests before leaving for your honeymoon.
The Prep Room
Many brides would agree that planning a wedding can be quite stressful. This is why our mission here at Crockwell is to make this grand affair more manageable and less taxing for the bride. Our Bridal Prep Room is certainly equipped with everything you need. With its panoramic roof light and windows, low comfortable chairs for hairstyling and tall stools for the make-up artist, the room is designed to ensure your wedding day gets off to a perfect start.
The Bridal Prep Room also features a kitchenette with a Nespresso machine and a small fridge, ensuring that the bridal party has easy access to tea, coffee and snacks. And with its stylish and eye-catching interior decor, the room can serve as a stunning backdrop for your pre-wedding photography.
No other Northamptonshire wedding venues have the same commitment to excellence as we do. At Crockwell Farm, we are dedicated to providing our clients with impeccable service and the best country wedding venue possible. This certainly motivates us to find new ways to make your wedding weekend a truly memorable experience.
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Discover what makes Crockwell special today
At Crockwell Farm, we feel deeply honoured to be part of one of the most momentous occasions of your lives. We would be thrilled to hear about your wedding plans and show you around our wedding venue!
Please get in touch if you have any questions or if you would like to request a tour of Crockwell Farm.
