Lainston House String Quartet

🥂 Grandeur and Gardens: The Lainston House Experience

It’s always a pleasure to play at a venue that offers a blend of historic grandeur and stunning natural beauty, and Lainston House in Hampshire certainly delivers on both counts.

Lainston House is a truly magnificent 17th-century country house, nestled within 63 acres of rolling parkland. The sheer elegance of the house, the famous mile-long avenue of lime trees, and the beautifully kept grounds immediately set a tone of sophisticated luxury. It’s a venue where every corner offers a breathtaking backdrop, steeped in history and English charm.

The Contrast of Ceremony and Celebration

What we love most about performing at Lainston House is the wonderful contrast between the two main areas used for weddings, which creates a dynamic and memorable flow to the day:

1. The Tithe Barn (The Ceremony): This incredible, rustic space provides the perfect atmosphere for the ceremony. The Tithe Barn offers that authentic barn warmth with its beautiful beams and high ceilings. As a string quartet, the acoustics in this structure are fantastic—the natural materials and height allow our music to resonate clearly, adding immense depth and emotion to the processional and signing of the register.

2. The Main House (The Drinks Reception): Following the vows, the transition to the main house for the drinks reception is a truly spectacular shift. Guests move from the rustic barn setting to the opulent, historic drawing rooms and terraces of the main house. We relocate seamlessly to perform in the grand spaces or on the terraces, providing the perfect soundtrack as guests enjoy their celebratory drinks.

Views to Write Home About

The views from the main house and its terraces are absolutely fabulous. Looking out over the sweeping lawns and the famous, impressive avenue of lime trees that stretch down the hill is a view that never gets old. It provides an incredible, tranquil panorama and a quintessential English country house feel to the drinks reception. It's a view that truly captures the luxury and scale of the Lainston House estate.

Lainston House is an exceptional choice if you are looking for a venue that combines a stunning, historic barn ceremony with an elegant country house reception, all set within breathtaking grounds.

As always, if you are looking for the perfect musical accompaniment to your sophisticated celebration at Lainston House, please do get in touch with The Bossard String Quartet!

The view from the viola seat

Chilling before the ceremony