The beautifully restored neo-baroque Banqueting Room provides the perfect setting for your wedding. He did little to the house other than some redecoration, although some of the exuberant decoration in the Banqueting Room is credited to him. The room is lavishly decorated with 24 carat gold leaf swag and scroll decorations, silk lined walls and hand painted wall motifs, completing the luxurious look is a French marble fireplace. Arthur Pryor was a partner in the Truman, Hanbury and Buxton Brewery and purchased a much reduced Hylands Estate in 1858. Hylands House is a beautiful grade II* listed villa set in 570 acres of historic landscaped parkland.
the banqueting room The meticulously restored neo-baroque Banqueting Room is ideal for a variety of events from personal or business use. Hylands House is set in over 500 acres of landscaped parkland, and thanks to an on-going restoration programme is now partly open to the public after lying derelict for many years. Hylands House has a range of beautifully restored rooms available from the lavish Banqueting Room, the intimate Small Dining Room and the elegant Terrace Room. From then, human sounds would have increasingly encroached on the natural. The Stables house a café, visitor center and resident artist studios. Hylands House has a choice of many Rooms to suit variety of styles and capacities for up to 300 guests. Set amongst the most beautiful surroundings, Hylands House, with it’s glorious restored Rooms, is the perfect location for photoshoots and filmings. There is a magnificent Grand Staircase to climb to the Repton Room on the first floor, which provides stunning views over the landscaped parkland.
Rich colours and even richer gilding adorn the most glamorous of settings to host your wedding breakfast. THE BANQUETING ROOM With its stunning white Georgian facade, Hylands offers a spectacular and elegant setting for your special day. With the addition of the new Pavillion at the end of 2013 Hylands House is now able to cater for both intimate weddings in the house itself and a much larger number of guests in the Pavillion. Following five phases of restoration visitors can now enjoy spectacular rooms throughout Hylands House randing from the exquisitely gilded Drawing Room to the sumptuously ornate Banqueting Room. With a range of room options, Hylands can accommodate small and intimate conferences as well as larger functions for up to 100 delegates. Hylands House is a Grade II* mansion with stunning Georgian and Victorian interiors, meticulously restored to its former grandeur – it really is quite special and full of character. For those wanting to have a wedding with up to 120 guests, your civil ceremony and wedding reception can take place in our ornate, historic rooms of our grade II* listed mansion, Hylands House. A group of local people decided to get together with an aim to assist and encourage the development of the House and Park and to raise funds for the preservation, maintenance, repair and improvement of the Estate. We wanted to see what Hylands sounds like today, to think about continuities and changes in the sound of human occupation over the years. With 24 carat gold leaf and scroll decorations, silk lined walls and hand painted wall motifs, this opulent space provides a stunning backdrop for your wedding ceremony or reception space. By 1730, Hylands House had been built as a grand country retreat for this upwardly mobile MP and lawyer. The house sits in a landscaped park that includes much of the original land purchased by its first owner, Sir John Comyns.
Hylands Estate is a prestigious grade II* listed public park encompassing 574 acres of historic parkland. Get a quote now! Say your vows surrounded by 24 carat gold in the ornate Drawing Room or Banqueting Room, followed by fine dining and dancing in the contemporary Grand Pavilion for up to 300 guests. Hylands House and The Grand Pavilion can host a variety of celebratory functions such as high teas, luncheons, dinners and evening parties.
Our large estate is ideal for large outdoor events such as concerts, charity events and shows. The Friends of Hylands House was formed in 1995. Hylands House near Chelmsford, Essex is an example of both a classic Georgian country house, and what is possible through careful restoration that is sympathetic to a house’s history.