The Haras de Barry can host board meetings, workshops, training sessions and small residential seminars for up to 20 people, as well as family gatherings. Its meeting space is a self-contained house designed for collaborative work, with three breakout rooms upstairs, and nine serviced apartments stand in the same courtyard. The restored farm lies at Sainghin-en-Mélantois, on the south-eastern edge of the Lille metropolitan area.
Seminars and company events
The venue calls its meeting space a collaborative house, and it works like a home rented for the day. The main meeting room takes up to 20 people around a modular table, with a 65-inch touch screen. A lounge with a fireplace, comfortable furniture and a connected screen suits less formal sessions. A kitchen is available for coffee breaks.
Upstairs, three meeting rooms of 15, 18 and 25 square meters take working groups of five to ten people each, and are fitted with digital paperboards. In fine weather, the 100-square-meter terrace looks over the surrounding meadows. The house is booked by the half day or full day, and bookings are taken by phone.
The location suits teams based in the Lille area: the Haute Borne business park is two minutes away and the Lesquin freight and business zone five minutes away, so a team can leave the office for a day without a long journey.
Rooms and capacities
The collaborative house gives you a main meeting room for up to 20, a lounge with fireplace and connected screen, a kitchen, three breakout rooms upstairs for five to ten people each, and a 100-square-meter terrace. Weddings and large receptions are not part of the offer.
Accommodation
The farm has nine hotel apartments, set under vaults dating from 1857 in a former cowshed. Each has a sitting room with fireplace and television, an equipped kitchen with a bar, a bedroom with a double bed, a bathroom and toilets. Ground-floor apartments have a terrace, and all look over fields and meadows. A continental breakfast is served in the apartment. The site has private parking, charging points for electric cars and access for guests with reduced mobility.
Catering
The venue has no restaurant. It lists three options: nearby restaurants, from snack bars to brasseries and organic food; meal trays delivered by the provider of your choice; or a caterer of your choice. The kitchen in the meeting house serves for breaks.
History and setting
The site's history begins in 1100, when the land and lordship of Saint-Ghin were given to the abbey of Saint-Quentin-en-l'Isle. Until the 18th century, religious orders disputed the estate and its largest building, the Grande Ferme du Grand Sainghin; the abbots' coats of arms can still be seen on the stones. In the 16th century a stable and a barn were built in the local mix of brick and Lezennes stone. Today the restored farm receives business and private guests.
Getting there
The address is 517 rue du Grand Sainghin, 59262 Sainghin-en-Mélantois. By road, the farm is two minutes from the Quatre Cantons interchange, which connects to the A1, A22, A23, A25 and A27 motorways around Lille. By public transport, the Quatre Cantons metro station is 2.5 kilometers away, and bus 66 runs to the site. Private parking is available.
