The Old Court Hotel hosts company meetings, receptions and weddings for up to 110 guests in its Elizabethan Suite, with 22 en-suite bedrooms on site. It stands at Symonds Yat West, in Whitchurch near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, beside the River Wye.
Seminars and company events
The hotel presents its function suite as a corporate venue for conferences, client meetings and team building breaks. A dedicated Function Room Manager handles the details of each event, so an organiser deals with one person from the first enquiry to the day itself. The main room is the Elizabethan Suite, which holds up to 110 guests according to the hotel's wedding information. For a smaller working dinner or a board lunch, the Tudor Dining Room holds up to 40. The hotel mentions specific conference terms for Monday to Thursday, with room hire handled separately from food and drink. Ask the team what applies to your dates. The site does not list equipment, daylight or room layouts for meetings, so confirm projection, sound and seating style when you send your request.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel holds a civil wedding licence and says it tailors each wedding to the couple. Receptions can take place in the Elizabethan Suite for up to 110 guests or in the Tudor Dining Room for up to 40. Breakfast and drinks packages are available, and the hotel states that linen, including chair covers, is provided. The same team also organises birthdays, christenings, reunions and wakes. Four-poster bedrooms and a garden with a water feature are part of the setting for photographs. The wedding brochure is being redesigned, so dates and details are agreed by phone with the owners.
Rooms and capacities
Two event rooms are named on the official site. The Elizabethan Suite is the large function room, with space for up to 110 guests. The Tudor Dining Room, a 16th century room that also serves as the hotel restaurant, holds up to 40. The site gives no floor areas and does not say whether these figures are seated or standing, so ask for layouts when you plan a meeting.
Accommodation
The hotel has 22 en-suite bedrooms, several with four-poster beds. Room types include Compact Double, Feature Double, Twin and Four Poster. One-bed apartments sit in a converted barn next to the hotel, each with a separate bedroom, bathroom, kitchen and lounge and dining room with a wood-burning stove. A self-catering cottage in the grounds sleeps up to eight and is let for four or seven days. Rooms have free broadband, a flat screen TV and tea and coffee facilities.
Catering
The hotel runs its own restaurant and bars. Meals are served in the Tudor Dining Room, in the conservatory at lunch and in the evening, and in the Cotswold Bar for pub dishes. Winter, snack and small plates and Christmas menus are published, and the hotel offers a Christmas and New Year festive season. For weddings, breakfast and drinks packages are offered.
History and setting
The building dates from around 1570 and has stood for more than 450 years. Previous owners include Thomas Gwillim, who served as aide-de-camp to General Wolfe at the Battle of Quebec, and John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and founder of Toronto. The hotel is family run and sits between the market towns of Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth, in the Wye Valley, with well-kept gardens around it.
Getting there
The address is Old Court Hotel and Dining Room, Symonds Yat West, Whitchurch, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire HR9 6DA. The official site gives no train or airport details, so check the route with the hotel before you plan transport for a group.
