FAQ’S

You will have two official meetings with your wedding co-ordinator prior to the big day; once when you are ready to send out your invitations and again about six weeks before the wedding.  The person who conducts these meetings will be your point of contact and will, of course, be there to guide you through your special day. Aside from this, we are always available for discussion and further meetings to support and help in any way possible.

Of course! If you would like to show them the wedding rooms, such as the bridal suite, Cornloft and Lakeside Suite please give us a call to let us know you are coming so that someone can be available to show you around and answer all your questions.

Yes, the registrars must be booked and paid for by you.  Hornsbury Mill falls in the Yeovil Registrars catchment area.

Yes. For recommendations not covered on our supplier list, please ask your wedding co-ordinator.

We only have chair covers in the Cornloft and these cannot be moved.  You will need to supply your own covers for the Gazebo ceremony and wedding breakfast.  We can recommend suppliers, please ask.  Please note when ordering your chair covers that our table linen is white.

The venue hire covers the use of the Cornloft or Gazebo for your ceremony, exclusive use of the lakeside area after the ceremony (or on arrival from the church), the Lakeside Suite or Wheelroom for your wedding breakfast, as well as the Lakeside suite for your evening reception.  The bridal suite is also included for the night of your wedding.

We will prepare both the Gazebo and the Cornloft for the ceremony just in case. Depending on the size of your wedding (if it is large, we will need time to seat your guests) we can wait until an hour before to make the decision.

Yes, in both the Gazebo and the Cornloft.  Alternatively, you can bring your own musician – harpist, singer, string quartet etc.

Yes, but outside please and we do request that it is bio-degradable as we continue our efforts to become ever more sustainable, also in case our wildfowl try to eat it!

Lakeside Suite – 80 people will fit comfortably in the Lakeside but we can “squeeze” in up to 85, especially if there are a number of children.

Lakeside Suite with Orangery – an additional 50 people can be seated in the orangery making a total of 130.  Please note if you choose to have a buffet we will need to fit 2 buffet stations in with your guests.

Wheelroom – up to 40 people.

Coachroom – Long banquet table up to 30 people.

Ideally 8.  This will give everybody plenty of elbow room, however a child can be comfortably added to make a table of 9

This is entirely up to you.  In the Lakeside Suite 8 people gives a good balanced effect to the table and fits the room nicely.  If you need to go up to 12 people then we would suggest seating a guest at each end so that the table is not too long. In the Wheelroom we have an oval table with the waterwheel as its backdrop.  Ideally 6 or 8 people will sit around this comfortably.

Yes of course.

We have white tablecloths and napkins. Other colours can be sourced at extra cost.

No, this is not something we allow. All catering is provided in-house and to an extremely high standard by our in-house chefs who are all well experienced in the preparation and serving of the weddings menus on offer.

All dietary requirements and preferences can be accommodated.  Please be sure to let us know of any allergies or special requirements.

Yes, please ask for a copy of our children’s menu. We have two highchairs but you are welcome to bring more if you need them.

Yes, Head Chef makes a selection, all individually crafted by hand. Please ask for our canape menu.

It is usual for us to close the bar during the meal as it is quite central and having it open gives the room a different ambience – we find guests tend to congregate around it and the noise of the till ringing gives it a more pub-like atmosphere.  If you have chosen our drinks package, the waitresses will be circulating continuously pouring wine  or orange juice for the non-drinkers. There will be jugs of iced water on the table.  You can choose to ask us to supply bottles of beer to circulate alongside the wine; this will be added to your bill.  We do advise your guests that the bar will close for the duration of the meal (about 2hours) and they can purchase a drink to take in with them from the Lounge bar before it closes. The Lakeside bar will re-open as soon as we have turned the room around for your evening reception.

If the wedding breakfast is to take place in the Wheelroom then the Lounge bar will remain open for your guests.

Yes, no problem at all.

Certainly, however we do charge a corkage fee per product on a pre agreed basis.

Please speak to your wedding coordinator for special requirements.

The Lakeside bar closes at midnight (11.00pm on Sundays) and unfortunately, our licence does not allow us offer you an extension. We do not have a residents’ bar but if you would like to purchase some drinks prior to the bar closing you are welcome to sit in the grounds or in the spacious bridal suite to continue your party.

The Lakeside  can hold up to 200 people.

We can book our in-house DJ for you but you can bring your own DJ if you prefer. You can also bring your own band.  Please note that as the evening reception takes place in the same room as the wedding breakfast, your DJ/band cannot set up in advance and you will need to allow time for Hornsbury Mill to clear the room before your DJ/band can set up – this can eat in to your valuable dancing time!

At the time of booking your wedding we will allocate all the guestrooms to your name for the night of your wedding.  You can then use our room allocation sheet to allocate your guests to their rooms. We ask you to do this so that you  choose the guests you want to stay in the hotel and who join you for breakfast the following morning. If any of your guests request a room with us independently, we ask them to contact you directly.  The bridal suite is included in your venue hire fee but your guests will pay for their own rooms on departure.

Certainly. Please ask us for our local accommodation list.

The bridal suite will be ready for you at 12 noon.  Check-in for all other guestrooms is 2pm. If the rooms have not been occupied the night prior to your wedding you may be able to access the rooms earlier.

No, but there are 3 rooms that we can accommodate a put-up bed to for a charge of £15.  Please note we only have 2 put-up beds, but you can bring your own blow-up bed if you advise us that you are doing so (we will make a £5 charge for breakfast). Put-up beds are only suitable for children and due to fire regulations additional beds can only be added to 3 of our rooms.

Yes, but this will be entirely at your own risk.  We do ask you to collect your car by midday the next day as we may well have another wedding andwill require the parking spaces.