Weddings

Plan your perfect wedding

Located in the heart of Wiltshire, on the edge of the market town of Devizes, Braeside House is the perfect venue to create a unique celebration, where family and friends can come together in beautiful surroundings. We have over 4 ½ acres of grounds and gardens with the main unique ‘manor’ style house at the centre. The main house has a homely, welcoming feel and customers always comment how relaxed and charming our centre is.

The Main House and the dining hall (excluding a marquee) can hold:

Ceremony – Up to 60 seated in the Rose Room
Wedding breakfast – 60 seated in dining room
Evening Reception – 150 across the Lounge, Lecture room, Library and Terrace

With a large marquee on the upper lawn, there would be capacity for up to 250 guests for the Ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception.

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What's included as standard

We give you the freedom to plan every detail from your favourite caterers, suppliers, and decorations.

Included in the hire cost as standard is:

  • Exclusive hire of the Main House (including the dining room) and grounds 09:00 – midnight
  • 60 ceremony chairs with or without covers, tables and table cloths
  • Bridal dressing room
  • A member of Braeside staff on hand to support you throughout the planning and on the day until 20:00
  • Bar available, on request
  • Onsite free parking for up to 25 cars

 

  • *All accommodation is included in the Weekend package. In the main house we have 4 ensuite twin/double rooms, 2 twin rooms, plus 6 multiple bed rooms  – perfect for families
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Hire charges

2024
*Weekend (Friday - Sunday)£6000
Saturday (09:00 - Midnight)£4000
Midweek (09:00 - Midnight)£3700

Optional extras

At Braeside House we can offer a number of different packages to tailor your wedding booking to your needs. In addition to the standard hire charge, please see below the hire charges and optional extras to make your day unforgettable!

Catering

We work with some fantastic local caterers that we would be happy to recommend.
You are also welcome to book your own external caterer and have use of our commercial kitchen. This would be charged directly by the caterer.

Braeside can offer the following options for your wedding breakfast:

  • Pizza from the pizza oven with a variety of extras
  • Hog Roast with a variety of extras
  • Afternoon tea

£45 per person/£20 children 8yrs and under.

Breakfast on Sunday – £15 per person/£8 children 8yrs and under

Activities

We have great facilities onsite for children (and adults!).
Here are a few option and ideas:

Climbing wall and Zip Wire or Abseiling

High Ropes (Crate Stack, Parallel Poles, Leap of Faith)

Minimum 2-hour session with up to 20 participants.
£300 for 2-hour session.

We are happy to discuss any special requests, you can see our full list of what we can do on our
activities page where we can give you a personalised quote

  • The Ceremony

    We are a licensed venue and we have various options for the ceremony. In the main house we have the Lounge (40), Rose room (60) and Porch (12). Outside we have the Loggia (40) and pagoda (8 under the covered area with up to 120 guests on then lawn)

    The registrar’s details are: Wiltshire Registrars. Tel: 0330 003 4570. Email: ceremonies@wiltshire.gov.uk. Please remember that s the responsibility of the wedding party to ensure availability and book the registrar!

  • Drinks

    Reception drinks package example – £25 per guest

    • Glass of Champagne when guests arrive
    • 2 bottles of wine per table (based on 8 guests per table)
    • Glass of bubbly for the toast

    We are happy to arrange a drink package to suit your taste and budgets. All drink consumed onsite must be purchased through us. We are licensed to 11pm.

  • Additional accommodation

    We have an additional accommodation lodge available for extra sleeping space. The Beeches has 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a kitchenette and sleeps maximum of 19 people. This is ideal for a couple of families who may want to be slightly separate from the main accommodation.

    £790 for 2 nights

     

  • Entertainment

    We are licenced for live and recorded music so you are free to boogie the night away to your favourite tunes. Because of our location we can have live music outside until 11pm but don’t despair, you can carry on the fun inside in our large reception rooms.

    You can bring along your favourite band/DJ no with extra cover charge – this is already included in your hire charge. Alternatively, we would be more than happy to help source the right sounds to get everyone moving.

  • Marquee

    If you wish to expand your guest list using a marquee, contact us for a competitive quote.  Marquees can include:

    • Space for up to 120 guests
    • Ivory pleated lining
    • Cord carpet on suspended floor
    • Vintage chandeliers
    • Full lighting including festoon, fairy and uplighting
    • Tables and chairs
    • Dance floor and stage
    • Pagoda bar area

     

  • Booking conditions

    The small print.

Just wanted to send a message to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We were blown away by how beautiful the area we were using was and how amazing the food was. Such attention to detail made our day even more special. Please could you pass on our thanks to everyone involved and thank you again for making it so special.

Chris and Jo

Dear Gaja and the Braeside Team, J and I find it hard to put into words exactly how much we felt that Braeside added to our special day. Your whole team from the servers at the feasts to the bar staff were superb. You were all welcoming, but unobtrusive, hands on, but discreet. You left nothing to chance, and it all went like clockwork. We were, of course, blessed with unexpected fabulous weather – perhaps you even ordered that too! Our little suite of rooms set aside for the bride and groom’s party with intercommunicating doors was perfect and the wonderful view and balcony to chill out on and take pictures. The rooms were beautifully dressed for the occasion with lots of little touches to make us all welcome. For example, tea and coffee was served by a lovely real live person and a pretty greeting card with very welcome gift of quality tea mugs with our initials was so thoughtful. We are using them straightaway. We enjoyed having the whole ground floor of your lovely Art Nouveau building to ourselves and it was great having the comfy lounge for guests to take a breather and chill out in between dancing at the disco in the Library or chatting at the intimate little bar which the non dancers really said made it for them, as they could watch the dancing as well. The lighting was spot on with discreet digital enhancement which really made it. The entrance hall was a picture with the drapes and decorations on the main staircase. I was staggered how much you had eliminated the look of everyday, and the fact that during the week it is, after all, an education centre. It was totally transformed to a beautiful house for the wedding. The newly decorated Rose Room so light and airy with its pretty delicate sage green wall colour, creamy accessories was also a delight with sun streaming in and the white chairs and it all was perfect for the actual ceremony with everyone facing the beautiful windows looking onto the garden. You have done a great job in there. Later when you changed its personality for the piano cabaret we all enjoyed, was a lovely intimate setting for that too. Your staff were always on hand if needed with a smile and instant help. Please thank them from J and I. I don’t know how you managed it but the dining room was such a transformation from its daytime use. Our afternoon tea was superb and everyone enjoyed it. A special mention must be made for our chef in the evening. His passion for his cooking came across and even though we thought we were stuffed from all the afternoon tea goodies, when it came to it, the gorgeous aromas of the hot street food gave us all renewed appetite, and I for one could not resist seconds! I will certainly spread the word that Devizes has a superb venue for weddings now, and in fact, for any celebration. Well done to you all and again thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Yours sincerely D & J

D & J