The main roomThe Barn
Seventeenth-century stone, a new oak roof, a stage at the far end and doors onto the Courtyard. Long tables for 180, rounds for 150, a ceremony for 200, a party for 240.
- 180seated
- 240standing
- 200ceremony
- Weddings
- Parties
- Away-days
- Exclusive use
One event at a time,
above the Usk.
A seventeenth-century stone barn in Monmouthshire, restored in 2017, with the whole place yours from the moment you arrive: the Barn for 180, a ceremony room, a cobbled courtyard, a meadow to the valley edge, twelve bedrooms in the old stables, and a kitchen with its own chef. Every price is on this website.
- Weekend £7,950, midweek £4,950, winter £3,950
- Licensed for ceremonies of 200
- 4.9 from 184 reviews
180seated
240standing
12bedrooms
Exclusive use, alwaysOne event at a time. From the moment you arrive, the Barn, the Cowshed, the Courtyard, the Meadow, the Snug and all twelve bedrooms are yours; there is no other party, no public bar, and nobody else's guests in the car park.
Every price on the websiteWeekend hire £7,950, midweek £4,950, winter £3,950, a small wedding £2,450, feasting from £78 a head, drinks £32 a head, a £1,500 deposit. Nothing is quoted "from" a figure that turns out to be another one.
Our kitchen, our chefTomos and his team cook everything here, from Welsh lamb and Usk valley vegetables, with the menu built with you at a tasting. No outside caterer to coordinate, no reheated food from a van, and the kitchen does the evening too.
Licensed for 200, licensed till 1amCivil ceremonies in the Cowshed or the Barn, up to 200; music till midnight, bar till half past, carriages by one. No sound limiter, because the nearest neighbour is our own farmhouse.
The spaces
Six spaces, one set of keys.
The main room
The ceremony roomThe Cowshed
Arched windows over the valley, a wood-burner, and a licence for 120. The ceremony room for most weddings, a breakout for away-days, the feast room for a small wedding.
- 80seated
- 150standing
- 120ceremony
Drinks and the fire pitThe Courtyard
Cobbles, stone walls on three sides, bunting, the drinks cart and the fire pit. Standing 200 in summer; a sailcloth canopy seats 90 if the forecast turns.
- 90seated
- 200standing
The lawn and the tipiThe Meadow
An acre of lawn running to the valley view. Lawn games, hay bales, the ceremony outdoors if licensed by the weather, and the sailcloth tipi from May to September for 150 seated or 250 standing.
- 150seated
- 250standing
- 150ceremony
Twelve bedroomsThe Stables
Twelve rooms across the Courtyard, sleeping 26: four doubles, six twin-or-double, two family rooms. The bridal suite has the bath. Breakfast in the Snug.
- 26sleeps
Food, and the morning afterThe Kitchen and the Snug
A professional kitchen with Tomos and four cooks, built in 2017 and open to the Barn through a hatch. The Snug beside it has the fire, the bar and forty seats, and is where breakfast happens.
- 40seated
- 60standing
Packages
Three ways to hire it, every price on the page.
The weekend
Friday 2pm to Sunday 11am£7,950 inc. VAT
Exclusive use, all twelve bedrooms both nights, 180 seated, 240 evening. April to October.
The midweek
Monday to Thursday£4,950 inc. VAT
The same place and team, 10am to midnight, the bedrooms for one night. The best value here.
The winter
Any day, November to March£3,950 inc. VAT
Fires lit, the bedrooms for the night, Saturdays included. Not New Year's Eve.
Feasting £78 a head, drinks £32 a head, a £1,500 deposit. A small wedding for forty is £2,450, a corporate day £1,850, a party evening £2,950.
How we run it
Four things that are true of every event here.
One wedding a weekend
We take seventy events a year and never two in a weekend, so the team that set up on Thursday is the team on the day and the one clearing up on Sunday. Nobody is turning the room between you and a Sunday party.
A coordinator, not a sales person
Ceri or Lowri runs your day from the first viewing to the last taxi: one person, their mobile number, a timeline built with you, suppliers briefed, and on the day a radio and a plan for the rain.
No hidden hours
Hire runs from Friday 2pm to Sunday 11am on the weekend package, with set-up on Friday and a lie-in on Sunday. Midweek is 10am to midnight. We do not charge for the hour the band overran or the extra morning you need for the florist.
What the price includes
Tables, chairs, linen, crockery, glassware, the bar, the lights, the fire pit, the sound system, the cleaning and the staff to run it. The only extras are the tipi, extra nights and the things you bring yourselves.
- 180seated at long tables in the Barn
- 12bedrooms in the Stables, sleeping 26
- 1event at a time: the whole place is yours
- 4.9average rating
The kitchen
Our own chef, our own kitchen, and a tasting before you decide.
Tomos and four cooks work from a kitchen built into the Barn in 2017, open to the room through a hatch. Lamb from the farm up the lane, vegetables from the Usk valley, bread baked that morning. The feasting menu is £78 a head for three courses served to the table on platters; plated is £95; the evening is £16. You pick it at a tasting for four, included, and dietary needs are cooked for rather than worked around. We do not allow outside caterers and we say so up front.
- Feasting £78, plated £95, canapés £14, evening £16 a head
- Drinks package £32 a head; corkage £12 if you bring wine
- A tasting for four before you choose, included
The tour
Walk it from your sofa, then come and stand in it.
The tour page has a six-stop walk-through of the Barn, the Cowshed, the Courtyard, the Snug, the Stables and the Meadow, with the capacity for each, and the 3D tour embeds there when the scan is done. Then a viewing: an hour, Tuesday to Saturday, at the time of day your ceremony would be, so you see the light you will actually get.
Take the tourCouples and companies
What people say.
The whole weekend was ours and it felt like it. Friday fish and chips in the Courtyard, Saturday with 160 at the long tables and 220 for the band, Sunday breakfast in the Snug in our pyjamas. Ceri had a radio and a plan for everything, including the rain that never came. The food was the best wedding food anyone had eaten and they still say so.
We saved three thousand on a Thursday and 94 of the 104 we invited came. Same barn, same view, same Tomos. The lie-in on Friday was the best decision of the whole wedding.
Dark by half four and the barn was all candles and fires. Eighty guests, a pie course, mulled cider at the door, and a Saturday for £3,950 that would have been eight in June. Guests kept their coats on for the photographs and off for everything else.
Find us
Fifteen minutes from Abergavenny, forty from Cardiff, and nobody else for a mile.
On the Llanover road between Abergavenny and Usk, with sixty parking spaces, a drop-off at the Courtyard doors, the station fifteen minutes away and a minibus we book for you. The nearest neighbour is our own farmhouse, which is why there is no sound limiter.
- Where. Ty Mawr Barn is on the Llanover road a mile south of Llanfair Kilgeddin, between Abergavenny and Usk in Monmouthshire. The postcode takes you to the lane end; follow the brown signs for a further half mile to the stone gateway.
- Getting here. Abergavenny is fifteen minutes and has the station (Cardiff 40 minutes, Bristol 55, Manchester direct). The M4 at Newport is twenty-five minutes, the A40 ten. We book minibuses from the station and the hotels for £90 a run.
- Parking. Sixty cars on the hard standing by the gateway, a drop-off at the Courtyard doors, and overflow on the Meadow edge in summer. Cars can stay overnight and be collected by noon on Sunday.
Questions people ask before they visit
What does it cost?
The weekend (Friday 2pm to Sunday 11am, exclusive use, all twelve bedrooms both nights) £7,950; the midweek £4,950; the winter £3,950; a small wedding for up to forty £2,450; a corporate day £1,850; a party evening £2,950. All including VAT. Feasting is £78 a head and the drinks package £32. A £1,500 deposit holds the date.
How many people can we have?
The Barn seats 180 at long tables or 150 at rounds and takes 240 standing; the Cowshed is licensed for ceremonies of 120 and the Barn for 200; the Meadow tipi adds 150 seated or 250 standing from May to September. The capacity page has every space and layout.
Is it exclusive use?
Always. One event at a time, every space and every bedroom yours, no public bar and no other party. We take seventy events a year and never two in a weekend.
Can we bring our own caterer?
No, and we say so up front: Tomos and the kitchen do all the food, because it is the thing people remember and we will not hand it to a van. You choose the menu at a tasting for four, included, and dietary needs are cooked for, not worked around. Wine and fizz you may bring at £12 a bottle corkage.
Is our date free?
The enquiry page has a date picker; send it with your rough numbers and the package and Ceri replies within the working day, with a viewing if it is free and two honest alternatives if it is not. Weekend Saturdays go about eighteen months out; midweek and winter dates are open much closer.
Pick a date, tell us the numbers, and come and stand in it.
The enquiry form has a date picker and takes two minutes; Ceri replies within the working day with a viewing if the date is free and two honest alternatives if it is not. Viewings are an hour, Tuesday to Saturday, at the time of day your ceremony would be.