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On Hitched.co.uk since 2022

Last update: February 2024

High House Weddings is an award-winning wedding venue with a Grade II listed barn and elegant reception marquee set in the scenic Essex countryside. The venue offers exclusive use for your special day, ensuring an intimate atmosphere for you and your guests.

Prepare for your wedding in style in The Dressing Room, an oak-framed orangery overlooking pretty gardens and a swimming pool. With comfy sofas, stlyish dressing tables, and abundant natural light, it provides the ideal backdrop for your pre-wedding preparations.

Choose between an outdoor ceremony beneath a charming thatched gazebo or an indoor ceremony within the Essex barn. With the venue exclusively yours, the location of your ceremony can be decided upon on the day, weather permitting.

Explore the venues six-acres of grounds featuring a picturesque Monet-inspired bridge over a serene pond and picturesque vineyards, perfect for capturing timeless photographs. For your reception drinks, mingle with guests on the outdoor patio area Stable Bar.

A unique feature at High House is the marquee overlooking the tranquil lake, offering beautiful sunset views. The marquee has a dance floor reveal, complete with twinkling star-cloth lining, a stage, and a black and white dance floor, ensuring an unforgettable party atmosphere for your wedding day.

Coming in spring 2024, is the new Farmhouse accommodation featuring 11 luxurious ensuite bedrooms, a shared lounge, and kitchen space. For the newlyweds, escape to the intimate Couples Retreat within the secluded secret garden, offering a lavish bedroom, freestanding bath, en-suite shower room, cosy lounge, and kitchen. In addition to our Farmhouse and Couples Retreat, we are delighted to offer further accommodation in our Guest Lodge, ensuring a comfortable stay for all your guests.

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Frequently asked questions

Venue type:

In the country
Historic
Marquees and tents
Barn
Outdoor license
Vineyard weddings
Unique weddings

Ceremony options:

Civil ceremony licence

Dining options:

Seated meal facilities
Alcohol licence
Buffet meal facilities
In-house catering

Evening entertainment:

Marquee available
Dance floor
Entertainment licence
Evening reception facilities
DJ facilities

Overnight accommodation:

Overnight accommodation for wedding couple
Overnight accommodation for guests

Venue staff assistance:

Wedding coordinator

Venue leisure facilities:

Swimming pool

Other features:

Exclusive use
Accessible facilities
Car parking
Confetti permitted
Changing room for wedding guests
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100% Recommended by couples
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Lucy Sent on 15/06/2023
5 out of 5 rating

The most beautiful place we could have hoped for

Everything ran perfectly and looked and felt amazing.. everything was Exactly as we had envisioned, super helpful staff on the day and with the planning and lead up we felt completely looked after every step of the way to run the day as we wanted.. absolutely stunning in every way!
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Grace H. Sent on 21/10/2023
5 out of 5 rating

11/10 Wedding Venue

Honestly the most amazing wedding venue and group of people! They go above and beyond to not only make your day special but everyone else’s. We had the most perfect day and wish we could do it all again! Thank you will never be enough!
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Chris Sent on 16/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

High House is a very special venue

High House is a very special venue, we both knew it as soon as we stepped inside on our first open day. As it is a family home you can feel the love and care in the atmosphere and surroundings. Our day was absolutely perfect and we wouldn’t change one thing about it. The staff are lovely and Hayley is an absolute superstar. Thank you High House!!
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Chris Sent on 01/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

We cant thank the staff enough

We had an amazing day, made better by having Hayley as our wedding planner making sure the day went smoothly. We can’t thank any of the staff enough for their hard work.
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Kirsty Sent on 01/10/2019
5 out of 5 rating

We had a truly wonderful day

What an amazing day! Hayley - you are amazing, a true credit to the High House team. You made everything so perfect we are truly thankful. The whole team were fantastic. We had a truly wonderful day, despite the rain! The food was remarkable and all guests commented on how lovely it all was. The Valentines team were brilliant and Luke and I have a day we will never forget. Thank you all.
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Louise Sent on 24/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

A memorable and special day

The day was perfect, smooth from start to finish. The staff were all friendly and polite and we couldn’t have wished for a better day. A special mention to Jean who was brilliant and very lovely. Thanks Jean and everyone at High House for a very memorable and special day.
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Jasmin Sent on 18/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

It was amazing!

Thank you so much for everything you have done! It was amazing! Much better than we could have wished for Hayley was incredible, so so helpful!
J
Jenny Sent on 18/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

What a fantastic venue

What a fantastic venue, scenery is amazing. Could not fault anything, the day was perfect. Hayley was outstanding and made us feel so comfortable. Food was out of this world.
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Daisy Sent on 10/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The day of our dreams

Myself and Josh cannot thank Hayley enough for what she did on Saturday, she really did make our day so special! Everything ran so smoothly and we had the best day of our lives. It was utterly amazing and we wish we could do it all over again! Hayley is a real credit to the High House team and we really couldn’t have done it without her. All the staff at High House were amazing and couldn’t do enough. All of our guests have said it was the best wedding they have ever been to which is music to my ears. All we can say is thank you for helping us have the day of our dreams.
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Jess Sent on 10/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Exceeded all expectations

We can’t thank the staff at High House enough! We had a vision of how we wanted the day to go and High House exceeded all expectations. Sam and Rob were so helpful and took the stress away, and the venue is beautiful.
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Hayley Sent on 10/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

What an amazing day we had

Want to send huge thanks over to you and your team at High House. What an amazing day we had, from start to finish, Rob was fantastic running the bar to demand, the bar staff were friendly and had some amazing drinks between them that us and our guests loved.

We had the most fantastic day, Jean was amazing and nothing was too much, she has answered all of my silly questions along the way, things flowed so well and the feed back from our guest has been so positive with the service and the stunning venue, some have even said it’s the best wedding they have ever been too!
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Danni Sent on 10/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

The day was perfect from start to finish

We want to thank everyone at High House especially Samantha, for making our dream wedding a reality.

The day was perfect from start to finish, everything ran smoothly and we truly believe that Samantha made the whole wedding planning process so stress free, that we were able to enjoy the build up to our big day.

All of our guests commented on how beautiful the venue is and how professional, friendly and efficient all of the staff are.

The food is amazing and there’s plenty of it. Just simply delicious.

Myself and Ben would like to thank High House for the most magical day. We loved everything about it and have even discussed renewing our vows at High House in the future.
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Danielle Sent on 21/08/2019
5 out of 5 rating

We couldnt have made a better choice

I’m not even sure where to begin. Words cannot express how thankful we are to Jean and the rest of the High House team for making our whole wedding day so perfect! The whole day just ran so smoothly and was everything we had dreamed of! All of our guests complimented on how gorgeous the venue is and we know we couldn’t have made a better choice. Honestly, thank you so much!
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Sophie Sent on 21/08/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Dream wedding day

Thank you so much for helping us have our dream wedding day. We had the best day from start to finish and that was all down to you guys and all of our guests. Hayley….you are fantastic!! Thank you!
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Anah Sent on 10/09/2019
5 out of 5 rating

Above and beyond

Absolutely loved my wedding here on 16th August 2019. Our event manager Jean was amazing and kept everything running smoothly, it may have rained from after our ceremony but everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Jean went out of her way to even take one of the guests to the station, she went above and beyond what was expected. I would highly recommend High House to everyone.
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Emily & Matthew
25 photos · 22/09/2023
Grace & Tommy
17 photos · 03/08/2023
Joely & Matt
10 photos · 18/08/2022
Tiffany & Sean
80 photos · 14/08/2022
Holly & James
36 photos · 15/07/2021
Samantha & Matthew
26 photos · 04/07/2021

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Events

07 Apr
Open Door

High House are excited to invite you to their Showcase on Sunday 7th April.

Open for couples who have booked High House and new couples who are interested in exploring the wedding venue and speaking with their friendly team.

Pre-booking is required, book your space through their website.

Date: From 07/04/2024 to 07/04/2024 Schedule 13:00 - 17:00
Place: Old Heath Road, Althorne, Essex

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Old Heath Road CM3 6EW Althorne (Essex)
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