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Last update: September 2024

Located outside Fressingfield near Framlingham in Suffolk, The Sancroft Barns is a wedding venue for those seeking to wed or celebrate in England's fabulous East Anglian countryside. This lightly renovated Barn venue combines both rustic features with a classic heritage exterior that is essential for a celebration that will live long in your memory. With a plethora of indoor character and outdoor event space available, The Sancroft Barns can host the wedding of which you've always dreamed – with a dry-hire venue you get a blank canvas and flexibility to create your very own special day. With lovely panoramic views of the countryside, this setting provides an idyllic romantic atmosphere.

Facilities and Capacity

You and your loved one can kickstart your day by tying the knot either in the gorgeous Tudor Barn (seats 115, licensed for 125), which is complete with massive wooden beams, vaulted ceilings, exposed brick walls and more, or outside in the glorious sunshine or shade of the trees. After your ceremony (whether it is here or at a nearby church or registry office) you and your guests can make their way to the stunning courtyard for a splendid drinks’ reception. Here, you can chat and mingle with friends and family, sip on drinks of your choice, and admire the beauty of the buildings and venue. You will probably follow this with a delicious wedding feast in the Stackyard Marquee, using a caterer of your choice. This expansive area can accommodate your entire guest list (plus a few more as it seats 135) and can set the tone for your magical day. A night of laughter and dancing can then unfold back in the Barn with music and stunning light-show. There is space for seated guests, a bar, dance floor, and live entertainment or disco again of your choice. With the option for smaller (or winter) weddings of using only the Barn (up to 50) or having a giant marquee in the paddock (200+), you can perfectly tailor your exact requirements around the venue.

Services Offered

Upon booking your big day at The Sancroft Barns, the venue staff will be on-hand to ensure that everything runs smoothly. But being a dry-hire venue, you have the freedom to work with all outside suppliers to best match your specific requirements. The venue staff can advise you in the complete setup of the venue, which you will then transform into the venue of your dreams for this very special day.

Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Marquees and tents
Woodland and festival
Barn
Outdoor license
Tipis and yurts
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Private catering allowed
Alcohol licence

Evening entertainment:

Marquee available
Dance floor
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities

Venue staff assistance:

Master of ceremonies/toastmaster

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Helipad
Confetti permitted
Pet-friendly
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Reviews for The Sancroft Barns

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Eleanor
Eleanor P. Sent on 20/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Dream Wedding Venue - Beyond Expectations!

We recently had our wedding at Sancroft Barns and can't say enough good things! From start to finish, everything was absolutely perfect. The venue itself is stunning, with beautiful surroundings that made for the most magical backdrop for our celebration and photos.

Jeremy and Rachael went above and beyond and were incredibly professional and accommodating throughout the planning, set up and on the day. Our guests cannot stop messaging saying how lovely they were and how great the venue was.

We are so grateful to have chosen Sancroft Barns for our wedding celebration and we highly recommend it to any couple searching for their dream location!
Jacob
Jacob J. Sent on 02/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The perfect Suffolk wedding venue

My wife and I had the most perfect wedding reception at The Sancroft Barns. Jeremy and Rachel were the perfect venue hosts from start to finish, providing support, collaborating with our caterer, bar, sound engineer etc., and helping out on the day to make sure everything ran smoothly.

The venue itself is absolutely stunning and has all the amenities you could possibly need for a beautiful wedding. I would give 10 stars if I could.
Maisie-Rose
Maisie-Rose B. Sent on 22/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

An Unforgettable Wedding Experience at The Sancroft Barns!

We were fortunate enough to celebrate our wedding at The Sancroft Barns in July, and we are absolutely thrilled with how everything turned out. A huge thank you to Jeremy, Rachael, and the entire team for providing such a stunning venue, flawless organisation, and incredible support throughout.

Despite living abroad and never having visited the venue in person before booking, the entire experience exceeded our expectations. Our wedding day was nothing short of magical, and we've been overwhelmed with positive feedback from our guests, with the beauty of the venue consistently praised.

We especially appreciate the hard work and flexibility of the team, especially during the initial planning stages when we were liaising on plans from thousands of miles away, and in the final preparations when we had to make last-minute changes due to the threat of rain. The change to host our ceremony outside the wind-sheltered 'Wed Shed' turned out to be one of the highlights of the entire wedding - we can't imagine having had such flexibility in other venues with less than 24 hours to go!

Our wedding was a vibrant blend of cultures, colours, and languages, and Jeremy and Rachael’s enthusiasm for embracing these unique elements was truly appreciated. Their willingness to follow YouTube instructions to prepare a Senegalese dish for our drum blessing ritual was especially impressive. I’m sure such details were never part of their original plans for The Barns, but you’d never know it from how seamlessly everything came together! :)

Thank you once again for making our special day truly unforgettable. We couldn’t have asked for a better venue or a more dedicated team to help bring our vision to life!

Merci beaucoup; Jërëjëf!!
Ailsa
Ailsa P. Sent on 22/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beautiful venue owned by an incredible couple.

The Sancroft Barns was the most beautiful venue for our wedding. Jeremy and Rachael are two of the friendliest, most helpful people we have ever met. Their attention to detail was impeccable meaning not a single thing was out of place on the day. They made sure to know of every little detail we imagined for the day and delivered on EVERYTHING + so much more! They didn’t stop the entire day but the smiles never left their faces, the other members of the team were also incredible! There is so much more I could say but really all I need to say is BOOK THIS VENUE; you will not be disappointed, they will exceed all of your expectations, their property and barn are picture perfect and you can tell they love what they do. I’m so glad we decided on this venue that was a little further away from home - forever grateful to you both Jeremy & Rachael, thank you from the both of us for giving us our dream wedding at your beautiful property!
Mikayla
Mikayla D. Sent on 10/06/2024
5 out of 5 rating

the most amazing wedding

Thank you so much to Jeremy and Rachael and the team for helping us make our wedding day so special, everyone loved the venue and praised it so heavily and it was exactly what I was looking for for our wedding! The Sancroft Barn crew were so responsive and lovely during the planning process and made everything so smooth for us and our vendors. Everyone had a great time and was happy not to have to go too far after all the celebrations to get some sleep! Everything on offer from the venue itself was so useful, and being able to pick our own vendors made the day so special and unique to us! I also really appreciated having the list of vendors trusted by the venue shared with us to have a head start in finding people to make the day special. 🩷 thanks again for helping our vision come true and hosting the most perfect day, Mikayla and Sam
Sophie
Sophie T. Sent on 28/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect wedding venue

Matt and I got married at the Sandcroft Barns on the 25th May 2024. We choose the venue as it fitted our requirements these being mainly flexibility and versatility, the day and venue did not disappoint. Providing us and our guests with the most laidback, fun, stress free but professional wedding. The barn itself has been beautifully restored and makes for the most stunning backdrop for photos. The grounds are perfect for camping and also offer picture perfect settings. Jeremy and his family were amazing from the first contact, nothing was ever to much trouble and they made sure the day ran smoothly, effortlessly without us even noticing. We had so many comments about the venue and the way it was run, so high praise for Jeremy and his “team” We would highly recommend The Sandcroft barns for anyone getting married or even wanting to hold a party or event, we will definitely be having parties here in the future.
Matt and Sophie
Dan
Dan C. Sent on 30/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Dan & Amy’s Wedding

We had been looking about for a barn venue for ages and we were recommended Sancroft Barns.
As soon as we saw the venue we booked straight away as we both fell in love with the rustic barn look.
Jeremy & Rachel were amazing and we couldn’t have been happier with what they did for us.
Nothing was too much trouble and everyone loved the barn.
We loved the way we were able to plan our wedding in the amazing barn just how we liked it.
A day we will never forget and we thank you for helping make it a special day for everyone.
Sophie
Sophie D. Sent on 02/09/2023
5 out of 5 rating

Wonderful owners and a brilliant venue

We planned our wedding party at the Sancroft Barns (which we’d had to postpone numerous times due to covid) from Bangkok without having visited the venue, which could have turned out to be a complete disaster! But our experience couldn’t have been further from it. The barn is beautifully restored in gorgeous rural Suffolk but the best thing about it is Jeremy, Rachel and their team. They couldn’t have been more helpful, flexible or accommodating right from the first enquiry I sent to them. They were completely unflappable on the day of the event when storm Anthony hit - we were camping in bell tents at the venue and they offered us their guest room inside the farmhouse to get ready, met our guests with umbrellas in the car park, had a basket of towels ready and really had everything covered too in terms of a wet weather plan. We really felt that they bought into the spirit of our party too and helped make it a brilliant afternoon and evening. I wholeheartedly recommend the venue, especially if you want to avoid the cookie cutter wedding venue conveyer belt - they are the opposite of this but still utterly reliable and professional. We’ll be forever grateful to them for hosting our wedding party and ensuring it was just as we wanted.
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Nick S. Sent on 30/11/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Beth & Nick

We recently had the pleasure of marrying at the Sancroft Barns. The venue was absolutely stunning, especially in Autumn! We were able to make use of the barn, marquee, grounds, and private garden (for photographs). All of our guests commented on how beautiful the venue was. Jeremy and Rachael absolutely went above and beyond, both during the planning stages and on the actual day. Their professionalism, friendliness and flexibility was truly a blessing! Both of our immediate families, who were also involved in the planning, were absolutely in agreement that the venue staff went above and beyond. The staff supporting on the day, including Jeremy and Rachael, were fantastic. They were accommodating, helpful, polite, and made us feel entirely at ease and enabled us to relax rather than stressing about details! We feel very lucky to say that nothing went wrong on the day, which we absolutely owe to the wonderful venue staff. We opted for the whole venue option and had a registrar marry us in the barn. The barn was just the perfect place for the ceremony, our dream countryside wedding! We had drinks in the courtyard, a wedding breakfast (Afternoon tea style) in the marquee, before dancing back in the barn with pizza in the courtyard. The venue itself and the staff, especially Jeremy and Rachael, truly made our day special. Thank you so much, we cannot express how grateful we are to have found our perfect venue, and had the pleasure of getting to know you both. We will treasure the experience for a lifetime! Beth and Nick
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Maz S. Sent on 08/09/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Perfect venue, beautiful blank canvas

Having passed the sign for Sancroft Barns at least twice a day for six years we decided last sept to go and have a look, when we arrived I said to my then fiancée "no booking we are just looking" as this was the one & only venue we had viewed (still is). We were both blown away by the beauty of the barn and its settings, Jeremy was so welcoming chatting about our options and listening to our ideas, I think its safe to say we liked it, bearing in mind we had no date in our set,within 3 maybe 4 hours we had set a date, booked the registrar and venue. Over the following months we started planning our big day, in February of this year we along with some of our wedding party attended an open day at Sancroft Barns where we met Jeremy's wife Rachael who was just as welcoming & helpful as Jeremy, everyone was astounded with the venues beauty. As our special day fast approached us we arranged times for set up etc, again Jeremy was very accommodating.
Wedding day arrived and everything was perfect, we couldn't have wished for anywhere better!!!


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Kerri M. Sent on 29/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The most perfect wedding vendor.

How do I put 2 people into words that went above and beyond on the most special day..
From the moment we met with Jeremy he was warm, welcoming and amazingly informative. The moment we saw the venue and met Jeremy we were sold. We knew this is where we were going to marry. Every piece of communication was 10/10. Always willing to answer any questions any time of the day. His expertise helped us organise our day from providing well known vendors to ideas to All the small touches he knew where to guide you to make the most out of your day. The venue itself is just stunning. We opted for ceremony and reception in the barn and wedding breakfast in the marquee and it was beyond brilliant. I met Jeremy wife racheal the day before the wedding. We set up the day before and we ran through every single detail. There is nothing they wouldn't do for us to make it a memory we will never forget, racheal made sure my trail was perfectly laid before I walked to my future husband. They helped coordinate a smooth running day from the moment we got there. Their professionalism is above and beyond. Put our mind at ease and worked amazingly alongside all of our vendors. Made sure our glasses were full and that every detail was smooth running. I could go on and on about how special and fantastic they made our day snd there is nothing they wouldn't do for us literally. Details such as making sure our music was on point for all points of the day to walking down the aisle to the mingling post ceremony. I couldn't reccomend Jeremy and rachael more and I have any further future big events I wouldn't hesitate to contact them to provide the day. Thank you both for just going above and beyond my expectations. From the mifflins x
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Hannah B. Sent on 15/08/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The most fantastic venue

Where do we start with the Sancroft Barns and their team? From the moment we saw it we knew it was the place for our special day. From the history to the grounds to the team everything was perfect. We visited the venue multiple times before July and every time it got better and better. Jeremy and Rachel are exceptional owners and we can’t thank them enough. It felt like having two (extra organised) guests making sure everything ran smoothly. They never imposed or over stepped - they just took all our ideas and made them work. From start to finish they were incredible. The Sancroft barns was the most beautiful venue and we loved that we could make it our own. We couldn’t have asked for anything better and can’t express enough how much we adored every little thing. We will never be able to thank Jeremy and Rachel enough for making our day the best it could be!
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Erin A. Sent on 17/07/2024
5 out of 5 rating

The most beautiful venue in the world!

Wow – where do we even begin? We are tearing up writing this because The Sancroft Barns is the best venue in the world! There’s nothing more we need to say other than The Sancroft Barns is simply the most stunning venue there is. We knew from the moment we viewed it over a year and a half before our wedding that this venue had something special about it. The barn has so many small details which really help it to shine, such as exposed wooden beams in the walls, tracks in the floors from when it was a working barn and gigantic doors to let loads of natural light in. It is a relatively new venue, but please don’t let that put you off. Jeremy and Rachael were absolutely outstanding from start to finish and really went above and beyond every single step of the way. We were invited to every open day, had constant communication and were always welcomed with warm, open arms. We had a pre-wedding meeting close to the wedding date and ran through everything which really put our mind at ease. Now, the day before, day of and day after is where Jeremy and Rachael truly SHINED!! The day before, they were so incredibly helpful, they helped out where they could, but also allowed us to have time alone with our wedding party to take in everything before the big day. We had a thorough rehearsal of the ceremony which was incredibly helpful and also did one last run through of the entire venue and running of the day – we knew whatever happened after that Jeremy and Rachael would have everything in hand. They were so knowledgeable, giving us recommendations and really instilling the confidence in us that our vision for the perfect day was coming to life. We have not come across more selfless, kind and courteous people in a long long time – they truly do make you feel like the most important people in the world. Our wedding day was beyond perfection, from our ceremony in the paddock, to lawn games on the grounds, our wedding breakfast in the barn and dancing the night away… well… just about everywhere! Words can’t truly describe how much Jeremy and Rachael did for us, from calming us down before the ceremony, DJing the music throughout the day, getting guests hayfever tablets from their own home, moving furniture around for us, fishing out some super glue from their home to fix one of our pairs of sunglasses and even taking us back to our accommodation afterwards when our taxi didn’t turn up – they were incredible! We truly can’t thank them enough for everything, the most stunning hosts with the most incredible venue. Every single thing they did was so personal and you can tell they really put their all into making your day pure and utter perfection. Jeremy and Rachael were chatting with guests, laughing and crying along with us and honestly could’ve just been invited as members of the family because they fit in so well – we didn’t even realise all the hard work they were putting in behind the scenes, because they made it look so effortless. We viewed a few wedding venues before and none of them even come close to The Sancroft Barns, it truly is one of a kind and the fact you can make the entire space your own is so beautiful. The day after our wedding we came back to see they had taken everything down for us, something which we were not expecting at all, but was so so appreciated after being that exhausted. We had a wonderful chat and relived the day again and were sent out with big hugs and massive smiles on our faces. If you are thinking of viewing and booking The Sancroft Barns, please do. We wish we could relive our day there over and over, it can only be described as perfection – we are now just trying to convince everyone else to get married there so we can find an excuse to go back and enjoy again! We love you Jeremy, Rachael (and your wonderful team) and we can’t thank you enough for everything – The Sancroft Barns will forever hold the most special place in our hearts.
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Charlotte S. Sent on 28/05/2024
5 out of 5 rating

A perfect wedding venue

Jeremy & Rachel were amazing I cannot fault them!! Made everything so easy to sorting so much out for us! I cannot thank them enough and cannot recommend them highly enough, the day ran smoothly thanks to them and their venue is beautiful!! A real gem of a venue hidden in Suffolk which is really worthy of being so reckognised! Thanks again for all your hard work and efforts to make our day so so special
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Dan F. Sent on 16/11/2023
5 out of 5 rating

A wonderful experience at The Sancroft Barns

We couldn’t have found a better place to have our wedding celebration. Jeremy, Rachael, and their team were unbelievably helpful throughout the whole process. There was ample room for our guests, a self-contained catering tent and kitchen, along with more than enough room for a stage, band and dancefloor inside. The surrounding grounds and barn itself are beautiful, which provided an amazing backdrop in wedding photos. We couldn’t recommend this venue more! Thank you Jeremy & Rachael!
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The Sancroft Barns, Pear Tree House, Laxfield Road, Fressingfield IP21 5TA Eye (Suffolk)
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