Our Venues
We are a proudly independent events business and we have two other stunning venues in addition to The Tythe Barn and Watermill at Priston Mill.
Coombe Lodge
Coombe Lodge in Blagdon, North East Somerset, was commissioned by the Will's family. Historically one of Bristol's leading families, they ran the W.D. and H.O. Will's tobacco company in the city, the first UK company to mass-produce cigarettes and one of the founding companies of imperial tobacco. Built over four years, from 1928 - 1932, Coombe Lodge became their family home for over 30 years.
Constructed from distinctive Bath stone, with a Cotswold stone roof, Coombe Lodge was designed as an E-shaped Jacobean house by the distinguished architect Sir George Oatley.
The house later became a further education staff college, before being given a new lease of life in 2009 when it was taken over by Andrew Carveth of PM Hospitality Ltd and sensitively transformed into the wonderful, contemporary venue you see today. Stylish, but relaxed, Coombe Lodge still retains the elegance of its past, including the distinctive limed oak panelling found on the ground floor and staircase. It is a leading wedding venue in Bristol and Somerset.
Rockbeare Manor
Rockbeare Manor in Exeter, Devon was the third venue to join the family in 2015.
It is Grade I Listed and a fine example of a Regency country home which looks as though it has come straight out of a Jane Austen novel. It was built in about 1760 for Sir John Duntze, an Exeter woollen merchant and banker, but since 1855 it has been within the same family, passing from generation to generation.
In more recent years Rockbeare Manor found itself on the Historic England At Risk Register and was in urgent need of repair and renovation.
The extensive restoration and sensitive renovations commenced in September 2015 and within nine months the events and wedding venue was pristine, and ready to welcome its first guests.
