White Dove Barns

Ellough

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Information For White Dove Barns

Our beautiful Grade II listed thatched Barn holds 120 guests for your barn wedding ceremony and wedding breakfast. Invite all of your loved ones to share your Suffolk wedding at our country estate.

White Dove Barns is the most romantic barn wedding venue in Suffolk. Offering exclusive hire of the entire estate. The venue can cater for both large and small weddings for a range of budgets.

The wedding party arrives at 2.00 p.m. the day before the wedding, allowing a whole day to prepare the venue for your preferred theme. All yours until 12 p.m. the day after the wedding.

Our Grade II listed thatched barn is perfect for 120 guests for the wedding breakfast, but can equally suit smaller, more intimate receptions of 50 guests. We hold a wedding license for 124 guests to be present during the wedding ceremony.

There are 24 luxury bedrooms at the venue allowing 54 people to stay on site making the whole wedding a family gathering for up to to 2 whole days!

Our in house caterers offer restaurant quality food with an emphasise on locally produced in season menus that can be individually tailored to create a bespoke menu for you.

We have been nominated for many awards over the 6 years we have been specialising in weddings and hosted over 200 weddings and most of the team remain the same. We really do provide an intimate and personal approach to each wedding allowing you the freedom to plan your wedding the way you would like it to run.

White Dove Barns at a Glance

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£6000 - £20000
Exclusive hire barn wedding venue including Luxury farm house and barns sleeping up to 52 of your guests at the venue Beautiful Grade II Listed thatched barn licensed for 120 for the wedding ceremony Grade II Listed timber framed barn seating 120 for the wedding breakfast Stunning private Bridal suite included with the venue along with 20 bedrooms sleeping 54 people on site. Our chefs have created a selection of bespoke menus using locally sourced seasonal ingredients using micro herbs and edible flowers to provide not only a sensational taste but also the wow factor! Licensed bar stocking 8 draft beers and extensive premium spirits Pricing Category : LuxuryMinimum Price : 6000Reception Capacity ( Indoor / Outdoor ) : 180Seated Dining Capacity ( Indoor or Outdoor ) : 130Has AccommodationSleeps No Of People : 56 View More
BarnCountry House Manor HouseWedding Contact : Spencer BowenNumber of People In Team : 8No of Weddings Hosted : Number of Weddings Hosted - More Than 50Location : In The CountrysideNearest Town : SouthwoldNearest Airport : ElloughNearest Motorway : M11Nearest Train Station : BecclesChurch Within Walking DistanceCoolUnique Wedding VenueCasualIntimateLuxuryConfetti PermittedIn House DancefloorCeremony LicenceAlcohol LicenseCorkage ChargeAlcohol ProvisionIn House CateringIn House Wine ListBuffet StylePre-Wedding ConsultationSeated MealSet UpStaff ProvidedTables And Chairs ProvidedTableware ProvidedTastingsCeremony and Reception MusiciansSound Systems Available Ceremony MusicReception MusicPackageFull Service PlanningOn The Day Wedding CoordinationWeek Of Wedding PlanningPublic Liability InsuranceBridal Changing FacilitiesDisabled AccessExclusive UseGrade Listed BuildingIn House Wedding CoordinatorLandscaped GardensMarquee or Tipi PermittedOnsite ParkingOutdoor SpacePet FriendlyWater ViewGreat ViewsLovely GroundsOther Wedding SpecialistModern RomanticRusticStylishGarden OutdoorWedding PlannersSame-SexWoodland View Less

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White Dove Barns Reviews

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Amy and Paul
Couldn’t be happier
Lynsey our co-ordinator and Gregg the owner have already gone above and beyond to make sure we have all the information and so many options for tailor making our day special!
We can’t wait to get married there and see everything come together!
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Bethany & Connor
Beautiful Day
All I can say is what an incredible day, from start to finish. We met our wedding coordinator the week before her name is Lynsey, she ensured us that the day would be perfect as we was nervous with it being moved already due to covid. From the day before to the day of the wedding Lynsey kept her promise, she ensured the day went exactly how we dreamt it to be, and we couldn’t be more thankful for her she even went out of her way and done table names for us last minute and done rehearsals with our wedding party out of her working hours. Stuart the chef also done amazing job with communicating with us through out, and the food was incredible. It was a day we had been dreaming of. Thankyou so much .
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Shellie and Tamas
Food is incredible
Not married yet but our food tasting this weekend was incredible. So yummy!
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Sian and Josh
Seamless wedding planning
Our wedding planning throughout the pandemic has been seamless, with the help of Greg and Spencer. So excited for our June 2022 wedding!
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Zara and George
Everything we could have wished for and more!
Well where do we start! I think it’s got to be with the biggest thank you possible to Spencer, Stuart and the team at White Dove Barns.
We booked our wedding with White Dove Barns in 2018 for 2020, and due to COVID, had to postpone this to 2021. They were so supportive during the postponement, and in early 2021 we continued to plan for our new date together.
We visited the venue quite a few times before the big day and went through all the details to make sure we were happy with them. Spencer was so accommodating to whatever we wanted.
Our family arrived the day before the wedding and we had a buffet in Dove Barn as a casual get together as everyone had travelled a long way. The food was amazing, thank you Stuart.
On the wedding day, Spencer and the team were amazing. Everyone commented on how well run the day was, how amazing the food was and what a beautiful venue it is!
So in summary, thank you Spencer, Stuart and the team for giving us the most amazing few days. It was all we had wished for and more!
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Sarah and Ryan
The best day of our lives
From the moment we arrived at White Dove Barns we knew that it was our dream wedding venue: from their characterful and stunning facilities, the outstanding location and warm and welcoming staff.
The food was above and beyond our expectations and Stuart the chef and his team could not have been more accommodating in meeting our preferences and dietary requirements. Many of our guests commented saying it was the best wedding food that they have ever had.
Spencer and his team struck a fine balance perfectly, between being available to help and letting us do our own thing.
The accommodation was excellent and we were so happy to find a venue to sleep so many in such comfort and quality. It goes without saying the bridal sweet was perfect, especially the natural lighting to aid your make up artist. The bed in the bridal sweet was so comfortable we now want to buy a new bed!!! The Dove Barn is a fantastic facility to host a welcome party the evening before your wedding for guests. We would highly recommend this as it allowed all of our guests to get to know each other before the big day.
The wedding barn and ceremony areas make for a beautiful setting, so much so that we decided to tone down the decoration as the barn speaks for its self.
Overall an outstanding wedding venue with so much adaptability and quality. We honestly wouldn’t change a thing about our day. With all our love and future wishes to brides and grooms Mr and Mrs Findlay x
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Amie & Lee
Fairytale Wedding
After attending a friends wedding at White Dove Barns we quickly knew that this was our dream wedding venue.
From the beautiful wooden beams, the fantastic gardens and quaint courtyards and the abundance of high quality accommodation we couldn’t be more pleased when we were able to book our dream date 3 years ago.
Although communication was somewhat slow at times, when we did speak with the coordinators at White Dove Barns they went above and beyond to answer our questions and solve our queries and I couldn’t ask for a more friendly and helpful team.
When our day finally arrived, 4th August 2021, we couldn’t be happier! It truly was the fairytale that we had hoped for and more! Our guests couldn’t help but comment on the stunning venue and the quality of service! The Chef, Stuart, superseded all expectations creating and serving the most delicious 3 course meal we’ve ever tasted!
Everything about our day was perfect and we can’t thank the team at White Dove Barns enough! x
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Zoe & danny
Perfect!
What ever you are looking for this venue will have it or can do it! Nothing is too big or too small, amazing staff, amazing views, no matter what your “perfect” looks like it will be a reality at white dove barns
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Rebecca and grant
Amazing venue
Amazing venue, spencer is lovely and it sounds like our wedding will go very smooth
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Tom & Linda
Amazing team


We booked our wedding at white dove barns back in October 2018 as we fell inlove with every corner of not only the venue itself but the outstanding accommodation and grounds too. (Utterly stunning) We spent many months planning our perfect day with Alison, Spencer and Greg on hand for every little question/query and even though we found communication slow at times nothing was ever to much trouble. Fast forward to 2020 and covid hit the UK you can imagine the stress the team at white dove barns were put under with all their spring/summer weddings (our wedding wasn’t until October) however we sadly received some life changing news which meant our personal circumstances changed and we were forced in to the decision of bringing our wedding forward in a time where all other weddings were being postponed due to government restrictions. Greg and his team spent weeks (months) assisting us back and forth with our plans which would change daily at times due to the covid restrictions and our personal circumstances but the team went absolutely above and beyond to ensure that we still had our perfect day with our loved ones there to see! The level of compassion and support we received was second to none, we couldn’t recommend white doves barns enough. Any business can provide a good service when everything is going smoothly but it is when a business is tested that you really see the level of service they provide and we honestly believe the circumstances could not have been any more difficult for ourselves and for the team at white dove barns yet they put us first.

We are so grateful for everything the team done for us, we had the most perfect ceremony which really could not have gone ahead without Greg’s help not to mention how beautifully the team dressed the barn for our ceremony without us having to lift a finger.
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White dove barns, Hulver Road, Ellough, Suffolk, NR34 7TP

White Dove Barns

  • White dove barns
  • Hulver Road
  • Ellough
  • Suffolk
  • NR34 7TP
  • United Kingdom

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Spencer Bowen

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