Country House Wedding Venue in North Devon
YOUR WEDDING AT MORETON
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Let the Planning Commence!
Welcome to Moreton House, a family owned and run grade-II listed country house near the beautiful North Devon Coast. Lovingly renovated to showcase its period style but with all modern conveniences, the house and grounds are available to hire for weddings and other functions. We offer an elegant and classy backdrop but with a relaxed inclusive and family-friendly vibe.
The venue is offered for day hire or weekend hire. The venue and accommodation can be reserved for your exclusive use, or we can offer budget-friendly ceremony-only and other non-residential options.
A Destination Venue in North Devon
Moreton House is set in five acres of mature tree-lined gardens, just minutes from the sea. Enjoy the feeling of seclusion and privacy yet with easy access and the convenience of being just an hour from the M5, 3.5 hours from London, and on the outskirts of the historic port town of Bideford. You can have a destination style wedding without the airport.
Our Wedding Capacity
We offer plenty of intimate spaces to suit smaller weddings and elopements, and we can even provide witnesses if there are just two of you. Alternatively, we can seat up to 70 guests for a ceremony or formal dinner, and cater for 100 revellers for an evening party, with accommodation for 30 overnight guests in 15 bedrooms.
02 - Our minimum number, we love an elopement.
30 - Overnight guests, in 15 bedrooms.
70 - Max number for sit-down dining.
100 - Max number for an evening part.
What’s Included
We love to offer couples exclusive use of Moreton House and its grounds, so that you can enjoy a leisurely long weekend celebrating with all of your closest family and friends. Arrive on a Friday to dress and prep the venue, wake up on Saturday with family all getting ready around you, to enjoy your ceremony and celebrations all on site, and there’s no hurry to depart on the Sunday - time for a casual brunch or BBQ.
We also offer smaller events including elopements and intimate weddings with day and ceremony hire only. Midweek day hire offers a budget option for elopements with the big wedding look.
Weekend packages include the use of our four stunning function rooms, meaning you can set everything up in advance and move from ceremony space to dining room, on to the dance floor or relax in our elegant club room bar, with no furniture moving or waiting around on the day.
We make your job easier by including furniture, banqueting setup, bar, basic coordination and accommodation/getting ready space for the couple.
We work with a number of preferred catering partners to offer a range of different styles of catering, from fine dining to casual. Or we can work with your choice of suppliers.
Enjoy free run of our gardens for drinks, casual entertaining or photos. Accommodation for up to 30 guests can be included in a mix of interconnected self catering apartments and independent guest rooms.
Weekend exclusive use hire packages from £7000
Elopements from £999
Bespoke and fully catered options available
Getting Ready
On the afternoon before your wedding, check into our luxurious Daddon Suite - the ideal space for pampering and getting ready in style. You’ll find an Emperor size four-post bed, luxe gold and marble décor bathroom and even an annexe room and couple of spare single beds allowing the couple to enjoy one last hen or stag evening before the big day. Take our accommodation package and enjoy having your family and closest friends around to get ready on site too, in four separate luxury apartments giving a bit of privacy for different family units. There are large kitchens and dining spaces too, so you can all gather or keep your distance in groom and bride groups for a casual meal or pre-wedding brunch.
Our Accommodation
Our four characterful and newly renovated interconnecting apartments, each offer one or two bedrooms. Each room is slightly different - some have wood burning stoves, others have roll top baths and walk-in showers. There is ample space for hairdressers or make-up artists to visit, and outdoor dining spaces for casual gatherings either side of the big event. In addition we have a number of more budget-friendly rooms, some with shared bathrooms, so that more of your guests can stay. No need to feel rushed, before or after the wedding. You can take your time setting up the venue the evening before and enjoy the full day after to sleep off the celebrations, catch up with loved ones, and get to know your new family.
The Ceremony
We offer a choice of rooms and outdoor spaces for your ceremony, and we are fully licensed for civil weddings and civil partnerships. If you have taken care of the legal formalities already, you can say your I do’s in a celebration or blessing to suit your style, or we are happy to help with your reception plans after a ceremony at your chosen place of worship.
A toast to the happy couple
Follow the ceremony with music and a glass of bubbly and canapés in our Club Room or main hall, or spill out into the gardens while your photographer begins to capture those special memories.
Enjoy the gardens
You will have free run of our lovely tree-lined gardens - perfect for photos, and ideal for less formal celebrations.
Enjoy garden games on our terraced lawn, croquet outside the portico, or allow the children to run off their excess energy around our swings, imaginarium with carved animals and story chai, or in our secret garden.
We have a gazebo and fire circle with BBQ and pizza ovens for more casual food options, spaces to park a food van or ice-cream cart, and deck areas nearer the house for the less formal times during the wedding.
Wedding Breakfast
Our grand dining room provides the perfect backdrop to a sumptuous wedding breakfast for up to 70 diners. We offer fully bespoke menus and drinks packages through our catering partners, using locally sourced, high quality ingredients. Or we can work with your own choice of caterer. We have a few in-house options for tables (banqueting, round, oval), chairs, glasses, crockery, cutlery and linens, or you can bring your own rental supplies to achieve your desired look.
Party Time!
After dinner and toasts, you and your guests can move on to our Morning Room to enjoy drinks and dancing.
Our newly renovated parquet floor is perfect for first dances, our purpose built bar comes with fridge, sink and mixing area, and our elegant powder rooms are just beyond the double doors.
Our venue is suitable for up to 100 evening guests. Our entire venue is wired with a Sonos sound system, so you or your DJ can set up a personalised playlist or USB drive. And our own party lights can certainly start the party. But feel free to big it up, with a band or DJ.
Or our bay window area has discrete power supplies to allow a full mixing deck and lighting rig. The club room has its own cocktail bar and club seating for those who are seeking a slightly slower pace or quiet game of billiards.
Making Memories
Everywhere you look at Moreton House there is a different space and another photo opportunity. Make an entry down our stunning staircase. Set up a string quartet on the minstrels’ gallery above. Create a centrepiece for your cake by a huge marble fireplace, or dance under a columned portico. Grand and full of history, yet also homely and welcoming, make Moreton House yours for the wedding of your dreams.
The Choice is Yours
Being a family home as well as family run, we limit the number of wedding weekends that we offer every year. This means that you get a more exclusive service and all the attention and help that you need. We are with you from first enquiry through to packing up your decor the day after. And don’t worry if you feel a bit uncomfortable being the centre of attention or having a fuss made around you - we’ll try to make you feel at home, with planning sessions over coffee and no question too basic. There’s nothing corporate about our wedding service. Once booked, you’ll also be invited to our regular open mornings, so that you can show members of your wedding party or suppliers around, or catch up with us to ask a question or remind yourself about a room layout. You’ll also benefit from exclusive access to services and special rates for room bookings after that we don’t advertise to the public.
You can take advantage of the flexibility we offer, with all the choices of a DIY venue, but also the service and support of a hotel. If there are just too many decisions to make, we are happy to step in and make it all happen.
You can have the venue for as long as you like - whether that’s a relaxed full weekend of exclusive use, or just a ceremony and photos to get the grand wedding feel without blowing the budget. You can enjoy access beforehand to set up, host a getting to know the families dinner or mixer, or plan a final evening-before hen or stag gathering. You can stay overnight before the big day so that you, your family and your wedding party can get ready on site, and you can enjoy the house and grounds for the day after, to host a breakfast or brunch, a garden party or BBQ to get the most out of your celebrations. We allow you to decide what’s important to you, with a fully bespoke personal service.
We work with your own choice or caterer or our own local catering partners to offer a broad range to suit every style and budget. There are no corkage fees if you want to provide your own drinks, or we can help set up a pay bar to spread the costs. There is no minimum guest room booking, but if you do use them, we can charge your guests directly, or you can book the lot as a bundle.
We are fully inclusive, and happy to help you plan something truly personal. We love helping couples pull together a meaningful mix of cultures, personalities, traditions and quirkiness.
Our venue has plenty of ground floor options with easy level access and wheelchair accessible function rooms and accommodation options. Two or our apartments are pet friendly, and we are happy to include a couple’s treasured pet as part of the celebrations.
The Details
Moreton House is a grade-II listed country house on the outskirts of the historic port town of Bideford, near the beautiful north Devon Coast. We are easy to reach, at just 1 hour from the M5, 3.5 hours from London and 2 minutes from the north Devon link road. Travel by train to Barnstaple (20 mins away) or Tiverton Parkway (50 mins away).
For more information, dates or sample menus, licensing or ceremony option information, please contact us at enquiries@moretonhousedevon.com, or call 01237 425519. We are happy to arrange viewings, or to offer a live virtual tour, and for visitors from further afield we can offer accommodation options, with the cost deducted from any exclusive wedding booking.
Prices from £999 for elopements, £7000 for exclusive use, £10,500 for full weekend use with all accommodation.
Our 15 bedrooms are spread across four well-equipped self-catering apartments, a luxe honeymoon suite and individual guest rooms. Dates can be held for 7 days without charge, thereafter a £750 deposit will secure your wedding date.
We offer a flexible payment schedule, please ask about our options. Full details of our terms can be provided on request. Damage deposit may also be required. Moreton House is licensed by Devon Registration Services. The cost of your registrar or celebrant’s fees are not included.
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