A room of your own, for four to 120 diners
Five private rooms in a house built in 1633, from a stone gazebo for four to a banqueting room for 120, with our kitchen cooking for the table and a coordinator who looks after the day. Baby showers, milestone birthdays, anniversaries, the gathering after a funeral, a dinner for clients, a proposal, or dinner for the people you want round one table.
The occasions
Baby and bridal showers
Afternoon tea in a private room, dressed with your own bunting and balloons, with fizz if you like and space for the games. For ten or more.
From £32.95 a head, plus the room
Birthdays and anniversaries
A landmark birthday, a ruby or golden wedding, a table of twenty or a party of a hundred. Dinner from the celebration menu, a roast, or the pies, and the bar for afterwards.
Menus from £42.50 a head
Funeral teas and memorials
A calm, private room and a team who have done this many times and know what the day asks. A buffet, an afternoon tea or a sit-down meal, for a few close family or a larger gathering.
Buffets, teas and meals, priced to your numbers
Dinners, corporate and otherwise
A Sunday roast for the family with the washing up done by us, a Christmas lunch for the office, a dinner to impress clients, a reunion, a christening, or a get-together that wants a room with a fire and a closed door for complete privacy.
Host a Roast £46.50 a headFrom four to 120 guests
Each room is yours for up to five hours, with a dedicated event coordinator to plan it with you and butler service on the day. A party of 12 or fewer can also take a table in the restaurant without hiring a room.
The Stone Gazebo
A 1633 summerhouse in the gardens with its own fireplace. Dinner for four and nobody else, and the room to propose in.
The Ayrton Room
A first-floor room where the Beatles slept in 1964 and Jayne Mansfield in 1967.
The De Aldworth Room
Next door, where the band and Brian Epstein took room service on John Lennon's 24th birthday.
The Abraham Brigg Room
A ground-floor dining room for dinners and afternoon tea parties of up to forty guests.
The Stuart Room
The banqueting room, with its own bar, cloakrooms, a dance floor and the doors onto the Colonnade Courtyard.
Hire is for 2026, with the 2027 price beside it (*2027 prices may change before the year starts). It includes the room for up to five hours, the set-up and breakdown of your layout, white linen, glassware and cutlery, an event coordinator and butler service. You bring the table plan and the decorations.
We booked a Winter Ball with a drinks reception and a three-course meal for 65 guests. The venue is fantastic, the food was superb and the staff polite and helpful.
A private party of 65Three steps and a phone call
Tell us the occasion
Send the form below, ring 01422 240024 or email with the date, rough numbers and what you have in mind. We will say which rooms fit and hold one for you.
Come and see the room
If you would like to, walk round with the coordinator, look at the layout and talk through the menu, the drinks and the decorations.
Confirm, and leave it with us
Final numbers and choices a little before the day. On the day the room is set, the food comes out of the kitchen, and you sit down with your guests.
Tell us about the occasion
A minute of your time. It goes to the private dining coordinator, the General Manager and reception together, and one of them comes back to you, usually within a working day. Rough numbers and a rough date are fine.
Rather talk? 01422 240024, or email info@holdsworthhouse.co.uk.
Eight questions, answered
What does a private room cost?
Room hire is £300 to £550 in 2026 (£350 to £600 in 2027, subject to change) depending on the room, for up to five hours, and covers the set-up, an event coordinator and butler service. Food is priced per head on top: afternoon tea from £32.95, the pie menu £42.50, Host a Roast £46.50, the celebration menu £54.50.
How many people can you take?
Four in the Stone Gazebo, 14 in the Ayrton Room, 20 in the De Aldworth Room, 40 in the Abraham Brigg Room and up to 120 in the Stuart Room. A party of 12 or fewer can also book a table in the restaurant without hiring a room.
Can we decorate the room?
Yes. Balloons, bunting, table confetti and your own centrepieces are all welcome, and the room is yours from the start of the hire to dress it. We lay the tables with white linen, glassware and cutlery; you bring the table plan.
How do drinks work?
From the bar as you go, on a tab, or as one of three drinks packages at £34.50, £42 and £55 a head, each with an arrival drink, half a bottle of wine and a glass of fizz for the toast.
Can guests stay over?
There are 32 bedrooms in the house. Ask about a rate for your party when you book the room.
Do you host funeral teas and wakes?
Yes, and have for many years, with the care that day needs. A private room, a hot or cold buffet, a restaurant meal or an afternoon tea, and a team who know the funeral directors across the district. Call and we will make it simple.
Is there a minimum number?
Afternoon tea parties in a private room are for ten or more. The dinner menus have minimum numbers depending on the room; tell us how many you are and we will say which rooms fit.
Do you do corporate dinners, and proposals?
Both. A client dinner or a team night in the Ayrton or De Aldworth Room, with a tab at the bar and rooms upstairs for anyone staying; the Stuart Room for a company party. For a proposal, the Stone Gazebo is dinner for two with a fire and nobody else, and we keep the secret until you say the word.
Tell us the date and the numbers
The form takes a minute and reaches the coordinator, the General Manager and reception together. Or ring, and reception will put you through.
