Banney Royd Hall in Huddersfield can be hired for private dinners, corporate team-building days, speaker events and Christmas parties for groups from 8 to about 60 people, and for weddings with exclusive use of the formal rooms and gardens. It is a Grade I listed Arts and Crafts house in seven acres of grounds, at Edgerton on the Halifax Road.
Seminars and company events
The venue lists corporate team building, speaker events, private dinner parties, social gatherings and celebrations of life among the events it hosts. Group sizes are given as 8 to 50 and above. For Christmas parties the site offers either a table of 8 or 10 in a shared evening or the whole room for 50 or 60 guests, with a full bar and entertainment to be discussed. The house also runs its own events through the year, such as a whisky tasting experience, piano recitals and historical tours, which show the rooms in use for talks and evening groups. The official pages do not describe audiovisual equipment, so a speaker event should be briefed with the team.
Weddings and receptions
Weddings are held with exclusive use of all the formal rooms and gardens. The offer includes preparation rooms and a honeymoon cottage. The house says every wedding is bespoke and that it does not dictate guest numbers, food or entertainment, and it keeps a recommended vendors list for couples. The site gives no fixed maximum for weddings, so the guest count should be raised in the first request.
Rooms and capacities
The formal rooms keep their original features: stained glass, oak panelling, large fireplaces and vaulted ceilings. The site does not name individual event rooms or give per-room capacities. The only figures are the 8 to 50 and above range for private and corporate functions and the 50 or 60 guests quoted for a Christmas evening in the room.
Accommodation
The wedding offer includes a honeymoon cottage on the grounds. No bedroom count is published.
Catering
The house offers a full bar at its evenings, and dinner events are described as part of the offer. Menus and catering arrangements are not detailed on the pages read, so ask whether food is prepared in-house or by a caterer of your choice.
History and setting
Banney Royd was designed in 1901 by the architect Edgar Wood, a figure of the Arts and Crafts movement in the north of England. It was later the home of W H Armitage and then of Sir Emmanuel Hoyle and Lady Hoyle. The house has stained glass windows, oak detailing and carved decoration, in seven acres of grounds.
Getting there
The hall is at Halifax Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield HD3 3BJ, with the entrance gates opposite Talbot Avenue. Huddersfield town centre and railway station are a short drive away, and the house is reached from the M62 corridor.
