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On Hitched.co.uk since 2021

Last update: May 2025

The Tithe Barn is a majestic wedding venue situated within the grounds of Hinton St Mary Estate in Sturminster Newton, North Dorset. This Grade II-listed property offers breathtaking natural surroundings, beautiful gardens, a medieval hall, and an abundance of village charm for a weekend of wedding celebrations. Dry hire is offered over a three-day period.

Facilities and Capacity

The Tithe Barn is licensed for civil ceremonies inside the hall and outside in the extensive gardens of Hinton Manor, with a choice of backdrops for your photographs. St Peter’s Church is also a short walk away, walking distance in fact to the Tithe Barn, our village pub, and our ample car park, making life easy for your guests.

After your marriage vows, we offer the sunken garden for your drinks reception, a walled rose garden with two manicured lawns divided by a lily pond. Enjoy drinks, canapes, and photographs here, as well as speeches if you like, before retiring to the hall for your wedding breakfast. The hall of the Tithe Barn offers a rich and inviting atmosphere for a wedding breakfast with up to 100 guests seated and dancing for 150. Here, the towering vaulted ceiling is adorned with medieval wrought-iron chandeliers, which cast a warm glow across celebrations below and which many decorate with flowers and foliage. For larger parties or those just preferring to dine alfresco, a marquee can be set up in the walled garden for a maximum of 200.

Services Offered

The Tithe Barn is dry hire, which allows you to create your own special occasion here using vendors of your choice and style to your liking. No one tells you who to use or how much to spend. This gives you the freedom to choose your caterers, furniture, bar suppliers, and much more to create your ideal wedding aesthetic. The venue’s dedicated events manager has a wealth of 20 years of experience, so if you want guidance or advice, that can be arranged.

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

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

Ceremony options:

Chapel or temple on-site
Fire ceremony
Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Private catering allowed
Alcohol licence

Evening entertainment:

Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Live band facilities
Evening reception facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Hairdresser

Other features:

Exclusive use
Car parking
Helipad
Pet-friendly
Horse baraat permitted
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Reviews for The Tithe Barn

Rachel
Rachel Sent on 23/06/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Best venue for the most perfect day

Wow what a setting! The most incredible venue, the most beautiful gardens and a stunning interior! We are so over the moon that we picked The Tithe Barn at Hinton St Mary Estate as our wedding venue. It gives the most stunning 'blank' canvas you would ever need for a wedding, allows you to make it your own, but without needing too much decoration. The gardens are so incredibly beautiful and have made the perfect backdrop for our pictures. We couldn't have pictured our wedding anywhere else.
Amy
Amy Sent on 29/05/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Absolutely PERFECT - this venue has it all

We live close to the Hinton St Mary Estate and frequently visit The White Horse - an excellent pub. When we got engaged we wanted to look around this venue to see what it was like as it was the perfect location for us. We were blown away by how beautiful the grounds are - they are kept perfectly by the team of gardeners, and the addition of having the church onsite, with the Tithe Barn and cottages was just perfect! We were so lucky and had fabulous sunshine, so after a wonderful Church service we welcomed our guests to the sunken garden for our champagne reception and speeches. The dinner, and later dancing, in the Tithe Barn was perfect - and I personally loved that there are proper loos here so no need for the portaloo situation! We decided to also have a stretch tent outside the Tithe Barn which we used for after dinner cocktails, tea and coffee - it was the perfect break-away from dinner, and meant our catering team could clear the Tithe Barn in preparation for the disco-ball lit dancing that was to come. It was such an amazing day/evening, and we were feeling very pleased that we had managed to snag such a great venue so close to home. On the Sunday we organised a pizza van to rock up, and had a very chilled afternoon in the sunshine with the remaining guests. We can't thank everyone at Hinton St Mary enough - it was truly brilliant.
Samantha
Samantha Sent on 06/10/2024
5 out of 5 rating

Our dream venue!

This was the venue of our dreams! Gail was fantastic, always happy to help with our many questions and walked us through everything we needed to know. The grounds are stunning and it was such a privilege to be able to wander around - locations for beautiful photos are endless! The barn is gorgeous, the lounge area upstairs was brilliant for our guests who wanted a rest and the toilets are beautifully decorated! As soon as we arrived, we knew Hinton was the one!
K
Katie Sent on 30/06/2025
5 out of 5 rating

Fairytale wedding

My husband and I had the pleasure of getting married at Hinton St Mary last month. It is a truly fairy tale wedding venue. From the beautiful tithe barn which has so much character, to the rose filled dropped garden with its enchanting pond. It really cannot be beaten. Gail was so warm and positive through the whole process. Having the venue for the whole weekend allowed us to really settle in and enjoy the occasion and put our stamp on the day. We had such a beautiful day and cannot recommend it highly enough.
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Hinton St Mary Estate DT10 1NA Sturminster Newton (Dorset)
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