Domaine des Cigognes hosts seminars, conventions, product launches, themed evenings, business meals and weddings. Eleven work rooms take from 2 to 300 participants, and seven reception rooms seat 10 to 200 at a banquet or 300 at a cocktail. The estate has its own catering team, a restaurant and a hotel of 13 lofts and two suites. It stands on the D917 at the place called Pont Thibault in Ennevelin, in the Nord, 10 minutes from Lille and 6 km from Lesquin.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells half-day and full-day study days, residential seminars in single or double rooms and semi-residential packages. It also hosts conventions, sports events, product launches, cocktail dinners, themed evenings, business breakfasts, lunches and dinners.
La Cathédrale is the main room. Guests reach it by a grand staircase painted with Lille landmarks. It covers 250 square meters under exposed 18th-century beams, is laid out on three levels like an amphitheater, and seats 240 at a conference or 300 at a cocktail. It has air conditioning, a sound pre-installation, a large screen and step-free access.
Smaller rooms suit committees and breakouts. Salon VIP is the former estate lounge, 25 square meters with a stone fireplace. Salon de la Cour, 45 square meters, was the farm's dining room and has a marble fireplace. Both come with wifi, a screen and a flip chart. Le Kiosque, in the park and reached directly from the car park, takes 2 to 10 people for a meeting or a business breakfast. A Petit Salon Cigogne of 10 square meters completes the list.
Activities can be added: themed evenings, DJs and entertainers, quad biking, karting, archery, orienteering, paintball, wine tastings, hot-air balloon flights and golf lessons at the Mérignies golf club, five minutes away.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings take place on Saturdays, with exclusive use of the estate for a single event. Drinks are served in the park, the inner courtyard or the Louis XIV and Bellevue salons, and dinner is held in La Cathédrale. The estate also hosts christenings, communions, family parties and exhibitions.
Rooms and capacities
Reception rooms include La Cathédrale, La Louis XIV, with a blue light well and a stained-glass ceiling of the four seasons, La Bellevue, restored in 2010 and linked to the Louis XIV or the restaurant, La Maîtresse, with a painted ceiling and a stage, and La Murano, a former brick stable with Murano wall lights. In all, seven reception rooms seat 10 to 200 at a banquet.
Accommodation
The hotel has 13 lofts and two suites, decorated in a contemporary style. All bathrooms were renovated in July 2015. A fenced private car park holds 200 vehicles.
Catering
The estate's catering team handles events from 10 to 300 guests, from a simple cocktail to a gourmet menu or a gala dinner. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Monday to Friday and Sunday lunch, with a shaded terrace of 80 seats facing the park.
History and setting
The house dates back about 200 years and keeps the brick architecture of northern France. According to the estate, a farmer built it for his mistress and placed two storks on the chimney when she left, which gave the place its name. It has since been decorated with stained glass and Murano chandeliers, and extended and modernized from 2009. The park covers 2 hectares and has two pétanque courts.
Getting there
The estate is about 10 minutes from Lille and 6 km from Lesquin, where Lille airport is located. The address is Départementale 917, lieu-dit Pont Thibault, 59710 Ennevelin.
