Dunwood Hall is a Grade II listed family home near Leek in Staffordshire, set in gardens with a rose garden and a 1920s art deco pool. It hosts a handful of weddings a year, licensed for 80 guests by day and 110 in the evening. Accommodation for 12 people lets you keep part of your wedding group together on site, beyond the celebration itself.
Dunwood Hall has been passed down through four generations of one family, and the hosts open it to only a small number of couples each year. They would rather know you well than run a production line. The house mixes the grandeur of a castle with the feel of a small neighbourhood wine bar, and the gardens hold lawns, rockeries, a rose garden for the toast and a 1920s art deco swimming pool that makes a striking backdrop for photographs.
Weddings run as a long weekend, from Friday midday to Sunday midday. You can set up the day before and hire the dining room until midnight for an eve-of-wedding party. The ceremony can be held in the Music Room, the Orangery or the garden, and the wedding breakfast is served in the candle-lit Dining Room or the Orangery. The Orangery suits ceremonies of up to 50, the Music Room and garden up to 80, and 110 are welcome in the evening.
Enquire about Dunwood Hall Estate →What's includedLong weekend hire from Friday midday to Sunday midday between May and September, with two nights' accommodation for up to 12 guests.
On Leek Road in Endon, near Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire.
The licence covers up to 80 guests for the ceremony and wedding breakfast and 110 in the evening.
Up to 12 guests can stay at the hall, and the hosts help with recommendations nearby.
No. The kitchen is the family's own, so catering is by the on-site caterers, Ridgway.
Yes, there is room for 45 cars, reached by the main drive.
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