The Barn
Five bays of oak, a stone floor and a roof you keep looking up at. Ceremony at one end, dinner at the other.
Stanton St John, Oxfordshire
A barn with
A barn with
good bones.
Marrow Barn sits at the end of a gravel track eight minutes from junction 8 of the M40. Oak frame, lime plastered walls, and a walled courtyard that holds the last of the sun. One booking a day, so the whole place is yours from breakfast until the lights go out.
Licensed for civil ceremonies. 140 seated for dinner, 180 standing. Midweek hire from £4,450.
4.9
from 87 reviews
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Cut into the tie beam
140
Seated for dinner
12
Acres of meadow
One
Booking a day
The place
Two years of scaffolding, and then this.
When we took it on in 2019 the barn had a corrugated roof, a floor of compacted mud and a resident population of pigeons. Everything you can see now was done by people who live within ten miles of it. The oak repairs came from a framer in Islip. The lime plaster was mixed by a firm in Abingdon who have been doing it for four generations.
We kept the cart doors, the strap hinges and the initials a wheelwright scratched into the north wall in 1847. We added underfloor heating, a kitchen that caterers actually like, and enough loos that nobody spends the speeches queueing.
- Licensed for civil ceremonies indoors and out
- Exclusive use of the whole site, 9am until midnight
- Heated throughout, so a February wedding works
- Parking for 60 cars, with room for a coach
Four spaces, one booking
Room to spread out, and somewhere to hide.
Hire the barn and you get the lot: courtyard, orchard, snug and twelve acres of meadow behind it. Nothing is shared with another party, because there is never another party.
The Courtyard
Walled, south facing and covered along one side, so drinks happen outside even when the weather turns.
The Orchard
Sixty year old apple trees on a slope. Ceremonies under the big tree, photographs here at golden hour.
The Snug
The old dairy, now a low beamed room with a wood burner. Small ceremonies, breakout groups, quiet corners.
What it costs
Clear numbers, written down.
Venue hire covers exclusive use of the whole site from 9am until midnight, the ceremony room, tables and chairs, the kitchen, and a coordinator who is here for the whole day. Catering is charged per head by one of five caterers on our list. Nothing else appears later.
- Tables, chairs, linen and a full kitchen included
- Five caterers to choose between, or bring your own for a fee
- No corkage on wine you supply yourself
- Deposit of £1,500 holds the date, balance due 8 weeks before
Midweek
£4,450
Monday to Thursday, all year. Dining from £84 a head.
Off peak
£6,300
Fridays, Sundays, and any day from November to March.
Peak Saturday
£8,900
Saturdays, April to October. Dining from £106 a head.
Away days
£68
Per person, day delegate rate, minimum of 20 people.
A look round
Six of ours, from a longer list.
Click any picture to open it larger. The full gallery is grouped by weddings, spaces and the small details people tend to ask about.
What people said afterwards
Reviews from couples and organisers.
We ask everyone for a review about a fortnight after the event, once the thank you cards are done and the photographs have landed. We publish them as they arrive.
Start here
Is your date free?
Tell us the day you have in mind and we will come back within one working day with a yes, a no, or the nearest thing we have. Dates go quickly for Saturdays between May and September, and we usually have midweek availability inside twelve months.
Prefer to talk? Kate or Ade will pick up, and neither of them will put you on a mailing list.
Ring 01865 496 022Thank you, that is with us.
We will check the diary and reply by email within one working day. If the date has gone we will tell you what else is free that month rather than leaving you guessing.
In a hurry? Ring 01865 496 022 and ask for Kate.
Come and see it
Viewings are Tuesday to Saturday.
They take about an hour. We will walk you through a full day in order, from where the cars park to where the last twelve people end up at midnight. Bring whoever is helping you decide.