Barton Court is a restored Georgian manor estate on the western slopes of the Malvern Hills, in Colwall near Malvern, Herefordshire. It hosts leadership offsites, day meetings and private events for up to 120 people, with 11 bedrooms in the manor house and room for 40 guests overnight across the house and estate cottages.
Seminars and company events
The estate sells residential offsites and day meetings. For a leadership offsite, the 11 manor bedrooms are used as single rooms, and larger groups can fill the full capacity of 26 in the house. Working lunches, private dinners and refreshment service are planned around each group's agenda. The Manor House also has a library and sitting rooms for quieter work and informal discussion.
Weddings and receptions
Barton Court is also a wedding venue, and the website lists private events and celebrations of life next to corporate use. Details of wedding packages are on a separate page of the site, so ask for them with your request.
Rooms and capacities
The Dutch Barn is the main gathering space. It seats up to 90 for dinner and 100 to 120 theatre style. The Saw Mill is the breakout room, with 45 to 55 seats for dining or 20 to 26 in boardroom layout. The Manor House is the center for dining and informal discussion, with the library and sitting rooms. Together they allow a plenary in the barn, group work in the Saw Mill and quiet sessions in the house.
Accommodation
The Manor House has 11 bedrooms and sleeps up to 26. Three bedrooms are on the ground floor, one with an accessible en suite shower room. Across the Manor House and the estate cottages, the estate can sleep up to 40 guests.
Catering
Catering is led by an in-house chef who cooks seasonal, ingredient-led food. The website describes the chef as award-winning. Working lunches, private dinners and refreshments are planned around the day's schedule.
History and setting
The estate is built around a Georgian manor house. It was in private ownership for more than a century and has since been restored, keeping the character of its renovated buildings. It sits where Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire meet.
Getting there
Barton Court is about 7 miles from the M5 and a mile from Colwall station, which has direct trains from London Paddington and Birmingham. Transfers from the station can be arranged. The address is Barton Court, Colwall, near Malvern, Herefordshire WR13 6HN.
