Edith Larke-Whitmore
THE REGISTER · THE GARDENS
Eleventh generation; grew up sliding down the ballroom stairs. Keeps the register and the standards.
AN ESTATE VENUE — HELD EXCLUSIVELY, ONE EVENT AT A TIME
Three centuries of good parties.
The hall, the gardens, the kitchen, and eighteen beds — yours alone.
2026: 4 SATURDAYS REMAIN
FOUR ROOMS, EACH ITS OWN EVENING
Four rooms, four moods.
Hover a room to walk it — or tap through the plans.
The Great HallSEATS 180 · DANCES 250
One weekend, frame by frame.
01FRIDAY, 4 PM — THE WINDOW LIGHT
02SATURDAY — CONFETTI ON THE STEPS
03THE FIRST DANCE
04THE CAKE, BRIEFLY
05THE GARDENS
06THE SPARKLER EXIT
07SUNDAY, 9 AM — TEA
08MONDAY — THE HALL, RESTING
MARRIED AT THE HALL
Married at the Hall.
Three ways to hold the estate. Ask about any of them — the calendar answers plainly.
- The CeremonyFROM $9,800
- Orangery or terrace
- 90 guests
- 6 hours
- The WeekendFROM $24,000
- Friday to Sunday
- All four rooms
- 18 beds
- The Whole EstateFROM $38,000
- Four days
- Staff of 20
- The gates close behind you
Dates, plainly.
EST. 1704 — THREE HUNDRED YEARS
A short history of long evenings.
The oak floor is original. It has outlasted nine roofs.
The chandelier is original. The wiring, mercifully, is not.
The lemon tree in the corner is a hundred and one.
Stair four announces every latecomer. We kept it on purpose.
The register has room for you.
THE STEWARDS
Kept, not merely owned.
Tomas Whitmore
THE WEEKENDS · THE CELLAR
Hotelier of twenty years, recruited by marriage. Runs the weekends like quiet clockwork.
FROM THE GUEST BOOKS
“We measured every venue in the county against a feeling. Larkfield was the feeling.”
WEEKDAYS AT THE HALL
Weekdays, the Hall thinks clearly.
Leadership retreats, award dinners, and long-table strategy days — same rooms, sharper agenda.
Weekdays: wide open. Saturdays are nearly gone — the clever agenda books Tuesday.
- The Cellar seats forty around one table. No back row.
- The Great Hall, plated, with the chandelier down low.
- Four days, eighteen beds, the gates shut. Nobody leaves early.
- The screens live behind 1704 panelling. You will not see a cable.
THE KITCHEN
The kitchen never left.
Cured trout, orangery citrus
Chef Priya Nair, twelve seasons in. Menus written per event, tasted twice.
FREE PDF — THE 12-MONTH PLAN
Planned like the staff plan it.
Larkfield's own month-by-month countdown — bookings, tastings, the rain plan, and the two weeks you should do nothing.
One email. The calm is transferable.
322YEARS
2,847WEDDINGS IN THE REGISTER
63 YRSLONGEST MARRIAGE BEGUN HERE
40ACRES
FINDING THE HALL — ESTATE & STAY
Forty acres, eighteen beds, twelve minutes from the station.
THE HALL
- CITY 40 MIN
- STATION 12 MIN
- HELIPAD, DISCREETLY, YES
Asked over tea.
The Great Hall holds every terrace plan at two hours' notice. The staff drill it monthly, umbrellas monogrammed.
Gates close behind your last guest. Even Edith books herself out.
Outdoor music to 11, cellar until the cellar decides.
Yours are welcome beside ours — a short approved list for kitchen and power, everyone else you choose freely.
Hall, orangery, and terrace fully; the cellar by its 1704 stairs only — we plan around it honestly.