Lympstone Manor near Exmouth hosts private dinners, business meetings, exclusive-use house parties and weddings, with dining rooms for up to 46 seated and a marquee for up to 300 guests, plus 21 bedrooms and suites and 6 shepherd huts. The Georgian house overlooks the Exe Estuary in Devon, and its kitchen is led by the chef Michael Caines MBE.
Seminars and company events
The private dining rooms work for business breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Mamhead takes up to 14 people around a boardroom table, a setting for a board meeting or a client dinner with a confidential agenda, and seats 18 for a meal. Berryhead, the largest dining room, seats 46 across six round tables for a company dinner or an awards evening. The Pool House Restaurant seats 40, or 70 for an informal party, and private hire of it includes the leisure facilities.
For a whole team, the hotel offers exclusive use from 3 p.m. on arrival day until 11 a.m. on departure, and lists corporate away weekends and corporate events among its formats. An events manager looks after business events from the first call.
Weddings and receptions
Ceremonies can take place in the bay window of the Berryhead dining room for up to 60 guests, in Mamhead for up to 25, at the Pool House overlooking the vineyard in winter, or on the terrace in warmer months. The wedding breakfast is served in the Georgian dining rooms for 10 to 46 guests. For a larger party, a marquee for up to 300 guests can go up in the grounds, which requires exclusive use of the house. Guests arrive to canapés and aperitifs on the lawn above the estuary before dinner.
Rooms and capacities
Berryhead seats 46, or 60 for a ceremony. Mamhead seats 18, takes 14 at a boardroom table and 25 for a ceremony. The Pool House Restaurant seats 40 and takes 70 for an informal party. A marquee in the grounds takes up to 300, on exclusive use only. The terrace and gardens host ceremonies and receptions.
Accommodation
The house has 21 bedrooms and suites, many named for their estuary views, and 6 luxury shepherd huts in the grounds. Exclusive use includes all of them, along with the three dining rooms, the bar, lounge, terrace, pool, Pool House Restaurant and Bar, and gardens.
Catering
Michael Caines MBE leads a kitchen that holds a Michelin star. Event menus come from the house restaurant, and the Pool House Restaurant and Bar serves a more relaxed menu around a heated outdoor pool. The wine cellar and the estate vineyard, which covers 10.8 acres, are part of the experience, and vineyard tours are offered.
History and setting
Lympstone Manor is a Grade II listed Georgian house in 28 acres of grounds above the Exe Estuary, looking toward the Jurassic Coast. It is a member of Relais & Châteaux. The dining rooms keep their Georgian proportions, and the bay window of Berryhead frames the estuary for ceremonies.
Getting there
The hotel is between Exmouth and Lympstone, off the A376. Exeter St Davids station, with direct trains from London Paddington, is about 25 minutes by car, and Exeter Airport about 20 minutes. Roadworks on the A376 may add travel time, according to the hotel.
