How to book your wedding

Check our availability by email: mail@kennawayhouse.org.uk or call 01395 515551 to reserve the date for yourselves. We recommend that you don’t leave it too late as the popular dates go well in advance.

Appointments are held - please contact the office during opening hours or email: mail@kennawayhouse.org.uk to arrange a convenient day and time.

We will hold your provisional booking and will send our ceremony booking form and bank payment details by email. Your provisional booking will be held for 14 days to allow you to arrange your wedding day's other elements.

You must book the Registrar for your ceremony. The Registrars’ fees start from £475 and are not included within our packages. You must personally arrange with the Devon Registration Service (Exeter) after confirmation of Kennaway House’s availability by using this link: 

https://www.devon.gov.uk/registrationservice/guide/marriages

To secure your booking the Ceremony Booking Form will be sent via email and a 20% non-refundable but transferable deposit will be required within 7 days of receipt of email.

The balance is due 1 month prior to your ceremony, or the full amount is due if the ceremony is booked less than 1 month in advance.

Payments are via bank transfer (BACS) and details will be supplied when a provisional booking is confirmed. Cheques are accepted.

In the run-up to your ceremony, our consultant will be in touch to run through any questions you might have. In the final stage of your special day, we will need to update your details and confirm all arrangements including guest numbers, seating, catering and drinks - if required.

Our Wedding Consultant will be on hand for you throughout your ceremony. All will be taken care of by the Caterer and consultant for you to relax and enjoy!

You will have a dedicated Wedding consultant on your wedding day to ensure everything runs smoothly.

A civil ceremony is a non-religious ceremony the Registrar from East Devon conducts.

Your civil ceremony must be booked directly with the local Registrar, we can only provide the civil ceremony room. You can contact the Registrar on 0845 155 1002

Our chair covers come in white fitted lycra. We currently have four colour sashes in stock – burgundy, blue, purple and champagne. However, we can hire alternative colours which you can choose from a colour chart. Each chair and sash cost is £1.50 and they will be fitted perfectly by our staff. You may call into the house to see these.

We are more than happy for you to arrange your own flowers and entertainment, however, you are not able to provide your own beverages. We have beverage packages for your consideration.

The wedding breakfast is the first meal that you share together as a married couple. The meal that follows your wedding ceremony and is known as the wedding breakfast, the name comes from the past when traditionally the wedding ceremony was held after mass, the whole wedding party would fast before mass and so for the bride and groom this was their first meal.

To book Kennaway House for your wedding, please contact the office on 01395 515551 to check availability. We will then ask you to complete a booking form, sign the terms and conditions (office copy) and pay a 20% deposit to secure the date.

One month prior to the wedding we will ask for the remaining balance to be paid.

Yes, children and babies are welcome. We have 2 high chairs available to hire and can make up jugs of squash for the children. Our bar also has plenty of soft drinks available.

Yes, you can bring your own caterer. The Regency, Royal and Imperial packages include the use of the kitchen facilities.

No! That’s the last thing you would want to do at the end of a great party. Just take away anything you would like to keep or ask us to store it until your collection the next day.

Foil or metal confetti in any form is prohibited. Bio-degradable confetti can be used outside and away from the House. The main entrance door will be closed prior to the confetti being thrown.

In line with Government legislation, we operate a ‘no smoking’ policy within the building. Smoking is only permitted outside and away from the House.

In certain circumstances, you can. Please mention this when booking to check with the management as this must be applied for at least one month before the function.

You can pre-order wine, jugs of water and/or soft drinks for the tables. Our Consultant will help you decide and can also suggest welcome drinks for you and your guests.

Please speak to a member of management when booking to check availability.