Barn & Farm Wedding Venues in Durham

A wedding wholly tailored to our needs! We visited one venue, met Kelci and knew that this was for us. Her attention to detail, attitude and customer engagement was brilliant and she managed the day perfectly. The venue itself is beautiful and self contained - and from arrival the evening before (we booked the farmhouse for a few family members and friends) to departure the day after the wedding Kelci ensured it flowed like clockwork - she was there every step of the way making sure everything ran to plan - an amazing young professional. Impossible to speak too highly of her - she took all off the typical stresses out of the day underpinned by Steve who we met the day of the wedding but felt like we’d known him for an eternity. Helping alongside and coordinating everything including seating plan changes, food changes, balancing drinks packages and everything in between was Emily who just seemed to say, sure, I’ll fix it - even at the 11th hour - an absolute star, and Emma on reservations who juggled our room requests around perfectly and just made our lives easy. In amongst all of this we had fantastic registrars, an amazing violinist, an outstanding classical singer, a brilliant magician and a superb duo all who needed organising by Kelci and Steve in terms of placement and timing and it was seamless….. Perfect venue, great service, excellent food, top class management by a young, energetic, and talented team. Absolutely perfect…..

Sparks

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5.0

On the 9th December 2024, we had our elopement style wedding at The Blackton Grange Estate. The venue is absolutely stunning, nestled in the most gorgeous countryside surroundings and it absolutely ticked all of our requirements for our big day. The venue is a "dry hire", self-catering, dog friendly venue, which was absolutely perfect for us! We had been looking for a wedding venue for quite some time, as we had a few requirements that we wouldn't compromise on. Our dog was the ring bearer, so it had to be a dog friendly venue (tick!). One of our party members required a downstairs disabled friendly bedroom (tick!), and we wanted a private and intimate location, set in the countryside (tick, tick and tick!). The property is vast and fully catered for all of our needs. There were 14 of us staying at the property for 2 x nights and we didn't feel like we were in each others way at all, there were plenty of bathrooms and bedrooms for us to choose from. We made full use of the games room and cinema room and our guests felt really cosy once we had lit the log burner in the living room. Jodi & Stella had decorated the living area with a Christmas tree & decorations. They also set out the furniture for our ceremony the following day, moving all of the sofas to the sides of the room and providing wooden chairs for our guests to sit on. Our ceremony was absolutely amazing on the day, Jodi & Stella arrived to meet with the registrars and to ensure we had everything we needed. Following the ceremony they put the living room back together, whilst we were having our family photos taken outside, so it was an absolutely seamless change over for us. They could not have done enough for us, making sure everything had gone to plan. Communication in the lead up to our wedding was fantastic, Jodi and Stella were very accommodating of our requests, so easy to talk to, we felt like we had known them for years! We used Coghlans catering, who are based locally (and recommended by the venue), to provide us with our meals for the 2 days. This included a meal on the Sunday when we arrived, and everything for the full wedding day. We brought our own drinks and snacks (but there is always an option to get Tesco delivery service delivered to the Estate for your stay). We would highly recommend this venue for a wedding, the house and grounds are absolutely amazing, sadly the weather wasn't the best on our arrival and it had just rained for 48 hours solid beforehand, but on the actual day the sun shined brightly and the photos are amazing. There is a converted barn for bigger wedding parties which we obviously didn't require for our small elopement, but Stella & Jodi very kindly showed us around it and it looks absolutely stunning!! The venue is an absolute credit to the hard work that these two ladies have put into it, long may it continue to be a wedding venue and thank you for letting us be the first couple to tie the knot at Blackton Grange. Mark & Anna