Chaucer Barn

Such a stunning and diverse venue. So many options for the actual wedding location, we chose the Woodland circle which was so perfect. The barn and lodges and very comfy and we loved being able to stay all weekend with our family and friends. You are very much left to yourself on the day which we quite liked but the staff that are around are very kind and helpful.

We postponed our wedding reception at Chaucer from last October to just a couple of weeks ago. We still got married last year and had the party this year. We fell in love with Chaucer as soon as we visited and we are so glad we went ahead to have our postponed wedding party come anniversary this year. It is just such a magical place and we had the most wonderful day and weekend there celebrating with our friends and family. Tessa was amazing in the run up and on the day as well to ensure things ran smoothly. If you want a blank canvas venue to make your own this is the one for you - a home away home!

Having had two postponed wedding dates, we FINALLY got to have our BEST DAY EVER at Chaucer Barn last weekend! It truly is a fantastic venue. Photos really don't do it justice - you have to BE THERE to feel that home from home vibe that can be further achieved by adding your own personal touches around the place. Tessa was brilliant. She was always quick to answer any queries and re-assure us throughout all the uncertainties - and was particularly helpful during set-up when a few unexpected issues arose! The weather was kind enough for us to hold the ceremony outside, which was a bonus as the grounds are spectacular! However, we had LOTS of twinkly lights (and hearts!) up inside - just in case! It truly is a wonderful place - full of charm with a definite WOW factor.

We got married in this stunning venue in March. This was the first and only venue we looked at. I fell in love with it straight away. The grounds are beautiful and the barn itself is perfect. Everything we needed and so much more. Tessa and the rest of the staff were so helpful throughout, especially on the wedding day itself. We didn't have to worry about a thing. The venue was perfect in everyway. We had the most wonderful, stress free wedding. We would highly recommend this venue for a wedding.

We got married in this stunning venue in March. This was the first and only venue we looked at. I fell in love with it straight away. The grounds are beautiful and the barn itself is perfect. Everything we needed and so much more. Tessa and the rest of the staff were so helpful throughout, especially on the wedding day itself. We didn't have to worry about a thing. The venue was perfect in everyway. We had the most wonderful, stress free wedding. We would highly recommend this venue for a wedding.

From the moment my wife saw Chaucer Barn on the website she knew that was going to the be venue. We wanted a venue and accommodation in one as our ideal wedding was more of a long weekend for friends and family. We didn't look anywhere else and both fell in love with it straight away. The staff were so helpful and made everything easy. Local suppliers also amazing. We had Andy Parle as our chef and he and his team were brilliant and the amazing Ross Harvey as our photographer. All in all a dream weekend and dream wedding.

When I was 16 I decided to start looking for a job like all my friends, I was extremely lucky in that the job which I (and one of my best friends at the time) found was one working at a Wedding & Event planning company. A large part of our time in this first job was spent researching wedding venues across the country for a database they were building at the time. We would spend our Saturdays, two teenage girls, looking at amazing venues up and down Great Britain and collecting information such as whether they offer exclusive hire, charge corkage, have set suppliers lists and many more tidbits to help build a picture of what they offered. Clearly we also spent a good portion of our time discussing what kind of wedding we would like to do one day when we eventually got married. It was during this time that I found Chaucer Barn. I still remember excitedly showing my friend the website and clicking through all the pictures together. I couldn’t believe how beautiful everything looked. It was exactly the kind of thing I had said I would want, a big country house where you could entertain friends and family for the entire weekend undisturbed and with a huge dose of creative freedom. No set suppliers so you can bring in whoever you like - you would not believe the amount of venues that make you choose from a very limited list of caterers, florists, stylists etc. No corkage meaning you can supply all your own alcohol without having to pay the venue another fee on top for the privilege - I remember my 16 year old self being outraged at the thought that if you have already paid for all the alcohol yourself some venues would charge you again just to be allowed to give it to people! Chaucer Barn ticked all my 16 year-old-self’s imaginary wedding boxes. Fast forward 11 years and I got engaged in November 2017 to my wonderful partner of 6 years, at the time, Julian. He took me out for a day of surprises and for each bit of the day there was a lovely handwritten card with a thoughtful note from him and then a choice. I was able to choose what we did all day and he had planned and prepared for either option throughout. It was fitting for us (given a few years earlier we had hiked through the Alps from Germany to Italy over the course of 11 days) that we ended up getting engaged in our hiking boots having a wander around in some beautiful gardens. I distinctly remember him saying to me, let’s take some time and just enjoy being engaged before we rush into the planning. I am pretty sure I agreed and then within a week and a half I had booked a visit to go and see Chaucer Barn. ‘There’s absolutely no pressure, we don’t have to pick this place I just always loved it and I figured it might be nice to take a look?’ I said to Julian as innocently as I could to persuade him to drive 3 and a half hours with me to what is almost the northernmost point of Norfolk. As soon as we got to the venue I could feel the excitement bubbling up, I was finally seeing this amazing venue. A fair amount had changed over the past decade or so but all of the changes were thoughtful improvements that extended or improved the charm and wow factor of this already beautiful place. I didn’t say anything to Julian as I didn’t want to spook him but I knew as soon as we stepped out of the car that this was where I wanted to get married. Even in the depths of January Chaucer Barn is still an absolutely stunning venue. The gardens are so carefully tended and the barn itself beautifully, luxuriously and warmly decorated - the whole place feels like coming home. Julian walked around with me and Jenna the very lovely venue manager for about an hour before admitting that the venue was just as amazing as I’d told him it would be and that he wanted to get married here too. We pencilled in a date that day and confirmed a few days later. We only ever visited the one venue. Fast forward another 18 months and on the 1st of June 2019 after a lot of hard work, ridiculously thorough planning, careful budgeting, self building, van packing and multiple visits to Norfolk we finally had our wedding. We hired the Barn from Thursday until Monday which gave us exactly what we were after - a long family and friends filled weekend constructing, enjoying and deconstructing a fairly epic DIY wedding. The joy of being able to have so many friends and family on site or close by (we had nearly 40 people staying onsite once you included the glampers and the barn residents) and have them come and help out with setting up was a huge part of what made our wedding so amazing. People mucked in, got to know each other, helped out wherever they could and generally had a pretty good time. I think it was really special for so many people to be able to feel like they had not only helped to make this wedding happen but also to get time with each other to chat, laugh and bond over the pain of creating huge flower arrangements or constructing a massive 7m long pallet wall backdrop. The flexibility and openness offered by Chaucer Barn allowed us to really make our wedding feel like us. It made the whole weekend one completely filled with love, good company, great wine and more cheese than I have ever seen in my life. I am so glad we picked this place to come and get married. It’s a truly unique and incredibly beautiful place, carefully looked after by a team of very special people who care very much about what they are doing. Every addition I saw come in the time since I first found the venue was carefully and thoughtfully considered and then carried out in a way that respected and improved upon the venue without infringing on the wonderful things that are already there. You can tell that this venue is a labour of love from James the owner and that’s what makes it such an incredible special place. In all my years of researching venues throughout the country I’ve never found another place better.

'The wedding itself was perfect!! We may not have got the weather, nor the outside ceremony, but actually inside was perfect! Intimate and filled with our nearest and dearest. The rest of the day all ran smoothly and I knew we was in good hands.'

What can we say?! From the moment we saw the barn we knew it was where we wanted to get married - the homely feel was just perfect. It's so beautiful and we were very sad to leave. Thanks for all of the hard work behind the scenes throughout the day.

Thank you so much for providing the perfect venue foir our wedding. Chaucer Barn was sinply perfection in every way! The barn and the grounds looked stunningand everyone was so proffessional and kind. We were so lucky to get married at such an amazing venue and I hope we will be able to come stay again one day. It really was one of the best days of our lives!