Weddings
Luxury Outdoor Destination Wedding Venue in Kent
Exciting News!
The Glass Courtyard is coming 2025
As you know, we are always striving to enhance our venue to create the most magical setting for your wedding day, event or restaurant visit.
We are thrilled to share some very exciting news with you – our brand new Glass Courtyard has just received planning permission!
Say “I Do” at Chapel House Estate – a miraculously well-kept, quiet, luxury outdoor, naturally pretty wedding venue with a large modern barn created with love-filled celebrations in mind, just waiting for you to discover!
Chapel House Estate, Minster, Kent, offers you an exquisite, charming outdoor wedding venue with everything on one Estate for one of the most important moments of your life.
With lovely romantic gardens, a wild apple orchard for your outdoor civil ceremony, plus an indoor rustic barn perfect for wet weather contingencies, Chapel House Estate emphasises elegance and rustic charm, showcasing the best of Kent. This makes us a must-see wedding venue.
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Chapel House Estate is a built-from-the-ground-up wedding venue that opened at the end of July 2022—built around a 1290 Grade 11 listed five-bedroom luxurious Chapel with views over the gardens, filled with the sound of birds and the smell of aromatic herbs.
The wedding venue offers a full-service in that we include caterers and we offer the venue for 24 hours, as there is not only accommodation for you but also your guests. With a scenic stunning Arts and Crafts secret garden, a wild Apple Orchard and a rustic converted old Kent barn, The Old Malt Granary, you can choose to get married outside or inside, and with so much outdoor space, you can arrive by helicopter and incorporate outdoor experiences such as clay-pigeon shooting, archery or falconry to ensure your nuptials are even more memorable for your guests.
Then, hold a large wedding in the purpose-built Thorne Barn, which can seat up to 150. The modern barn also enables you to have an out-and-out large party in the evening or book an intimate wedding in the Walled Courtyard.
Kent Wedding Awards 23/24
We are honoured to be recognised as a Finalist in The Kent Wedding Awards 2023/2024.
Thanks to the dedication and passion of our incredible team and the cherished relationships we’ve built with our remarkable guests, It’s a beautiful affirmation of the moments we create together at Chapel House Estate.
Here’s to many more celebrations and shared memories.
Testimonials
What they say
Chapel House Estate History
With a team of dedicated professionals, we are here to listen, assist and tailor your wedding to make it exceptional. Chapel House Estate gives you options to build the day around you, and then you and your guests can stay overnight and enjoy breakfast the following day with additional friends and family in the No 9 Restaurant.
At Chapel House Estate, we have created a wedding venue from a previous cauliflower farm, converting rustic old buildings, building new and lovingly restoring the ancient Chapel, which now contains a honeymoon suite. Over 700 years old, within the beautifully converted Chapel, there are five bedrooms where you can choose to stay overnight with your nearest and dearest.
With excellent rail and road links to London and a helicopter pad, we are only a mile from the coast if you want to fly in or out. With the ability to host your wedding and reception and sleep your guests on-site, we are not just saying it, but you must visit Chapel House Estate. It is very special, designed with you and your guests in mind, and truly gets under your wedding planning skin.
At A Glance
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Wild Apple Orchard during the British Summer
We understand that the desire for outdoor weddings has never been stronger, so at Chapel House Estate, we elevate your wedding by enabling you to marry in the charming and naturally pretty Wild Apple Orchard during the British Summer, followed by your confetti throw and post ceremony drinks in the secret garden.
Why Kent is the perfect place for a barn wedding
What makes Chapel House Estate special?
Chapel House Estate is the perfect Kent wedding venue with flawless wedding photograph backdrops.
With a choice of two exclusive-use venues available onsite, we can provide you with the perfect location for your dream wedding day. We understand that you only want to share your wedding with those you love, so each venue location is exclusively yours for your day, or you can choose to make the whole secret estate yours for 24 hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
Weddings
There are two exclusive-use areas on the estate:
The Walled Courtyard and Thorne Barn are for larger weddings.
The Walled Courtyard, Lounge Bar, and No 9 Restaurant are perfect for smaller.
However, you can take full exclusivity for both areas on the day.
Yes, we are licenced to conduct civil marriages and civil partnerships.
If you book us for your civil marriage or partnership, we will reserve your date and time with Kent County Council under the East Kent Ceremonies team in Ramsgate. They will then contact you directly with the next steps.
Yes. We have an experienced, knowledgeable, and supportive wedding and events team.
The team currently includes three Wedding and Event Coordinators, a Bar Manager, a Restaurant Manager, a Head Chef, and their respective teams, plus an Estate Manager.
Yes, you will have your assigned wedding coordinator on the day.
Suppliers can arrive at 08:00 to start setting up for your wedding.
We can ask that all suppliers’ equipment be collected on the night of your wedding or between 08:00 and 09:30 the next day.
The estate opens at 08:00.
This includes our beauty lodge, which is perfect for one partner to get ready in. We also have our chapel cottage on the edge of the estate, which can be booked for the night before the wedding.
Book a late checkout with us; it’s another great space to get ready.
Yes, you are allowed biodegradable confetti and cannons.
Non-biodegradable confetti will not be allowed. If used, clean-up fees will be charged.
We are sorry, but we cannot allow fireworks displays.
However, indoor fireworks are permitted if you have a larger Thorne Barn Wedding, and sparklers are always welcome.
If you have booked an outdoor wedding and it rains, we will move you into our indoor ceremony area.
The converted Old Malt Granary provides the perfect indoor ceremony space and seats up to 150 guests, giving you a stress-free wet weather contingency.
Finish times for all events at Chapel House Estate, Sunday through to Thursday inclusive, are as follows:
23:00 = Last Orders Called
23:45 = Music to finish and Bar to close.
00:00 = Premises are to be vacated.
Finish times for all events on Fridays and Saturdays are
00:00 = Last Orders are called
00:15 = Music to finish and bar to close.
00:30 = Premises to be vacated by all guest
Yes, we have a Luxury Honeymoon Suite with a private terrace overlooking the Arts & Crafts-style garden in the 12th-century Chapel House.
We are not prescriptive about which suppliers you use; we are happy for you to bring your own.
However, we have a list of our most loved and recommended wedding suppliers on our website, which is password-protected and available to all booked couples.
Thorne Barn has a microphone, and you can use the sound system for your background music (via Spotify).
Old Malt Granary has a corded, hanging microphone and a sound system for your background music (via Spotify).
You can definitely book a band for your wedding. We do not have a sound limiter, but we do monitor the sound levels.
Noise exposure levels must be within the maximum, which is called ‘Exposure Limit Values’. Our limit is 95dB. When a performer reaches this level, the music is not cut off, but we will verbally ask musicians to reduce their noise level if they are reached.
However, please note we will turn off the equipment at the source if the performer refuses to reduce their noise level. If your noise level exceeds 95dB, your guests will notice and tell us that the music is too loud.
We always include VAT at the current rate of 20% on your quote spreadsheet and Sonas transactions.
We offer bespoke and wedding packages like Twilight packages, depending on your needs and wants.
We provide napkins in four colours: White, grey, oatmeal and sage green.
Glassware, plates and cutlery are provided for your meal.
You can hold a date for ten working days or 14 days.
After this, if you choose not to book, please email us, ideally with your reasons, and we will take your date off hold.
Wedding Guests
If you are staying on-site as an event guest, check-in time is strictly from 12:00 noon. We can not offer early check-in.
For a Twilight Wedding, check-in is at 15:00.
Children are warmly welcomed at Chapel House Estate.
We provide four high chairs strictly for babies aged six months and older. Additionally, we offer a specialised menu for children.
We can also arrange for additional beds in certain rooms or Hideaway Lodges, children are charged extra.
We require children to be supervised at all times.
Yes, we are more than pet-friendly and welcome pets to be a part of your special day. We request that guests do not leave their pets unattended and clean up after them.
We have a spacious 80-space car park for wedding guests and several electric charging points. Upon reaching Thorne Hill, look for signs directing you to Chapel House Estate guest entrance on the right. Once you pass through the gated entrance, you will find the large car park on the right.
You can find detailed directions on our Contact Us page.
Yes, guests are very welcome to leave their cars overnight.
Cars must be collected by 12:00 the following day. Please be aware that vehicles are left at your own risk.
Taxis will drop you off in the Chapel House Estate guest car park, the same as the pick-up.
Once the taxi has turned into Thorne Hill, it needs to follow the signs for the Chapel House Estate guest car park.
