Paxton House, in Berwickshire on the banks of the River Tweed, is a historic house run by a charitable trust that hires out its Ballroom and a Victorian Boathouse for weddings, private parties and corporate days. The Ballroom holds up to 100 guests and the Boathouse up to 35. It is around an hour from both Edinburgh and Newcastle, and guests can stay on the estate.
Seminars and company events
The private hire page offers corporate meeting space, team-building days and corporate gatherings, with a package built around the group. The events manager can help to map out the day. Indoor spaces host up to 100 guests, and the page also lists film crews and photography shoots among the uses, with interesting indoor and outdoor locations.
The page does not list meeting-room capacities or equipment, so a company group should describe the format and ask which room fits. The Ballroom and the Boathouse are the two named spaces, and the estate has extensive secluded green spaces for outdoor sessions.
Weddings and receptions
The Ballroom is the space for bigger weddings of up to 100 guests, with high ceilings, a skylight, selected original artwork and a wooden floor, built with celebration and dancing in mind. The Victorian Boathouse sits on the bank of the Tweed with views to Northumberland and suits small, intimate celebrations, micro weddings and elopements of up to 35 guests.
The estate does not sell off-the-shelf packages: the wedding and events manager shapes each day to the couple's vision and budget, and couples choose their own suppliers. Secluded elopement spaces are also offered.
Rooms and capacities
Ballroom: up to 100 guests. Victorian Boathouse: up to 35 guests. Indoor spaces for private events and celebrations of life: up to 100 guests. A range of flexible outdoor spaces on the estate.
Accommodation
The wedding page offers a range of comfortable, contemporary accommodation on site so that guests can stay, and the site lists estate holiday cottages. The number of rooms is not given on the pages provided.
Catering
Couples choose their own suppliers. The pages do not describe an in-house kitchen for the Ballroom, and a stables tearoom operates on set days.
History and setting
The house is open for guided tours and has a Sugar and Slavery Trail on its site. Its walled garden and caravan park are part of the estate. The setting is secluded, on the River Tweed.
Getting there
The estate is in Berwickshire, close to the Scottish and English border, around an hour from Edinburgh and Newcastle.
