Conferences
LATEST - Wi-Fi internet access now available.
COSTS
Hire of barn and one breakaway space £300 plus vat per day (including refreshments morning and afternoon)
Hire of barn and one breakaway room £150 plus vat for half day (including refreshments)
Small room (seats 12) £25 per hour plus vat (including refreshments)
CATERING
Sandwiches - only £5.50 per person
Simple buffet - £10 per person
Two course buffet - £15 per person
Two course served meal - £22 per person
We have licensed bar and full range of soft drinks teas and coffees
Bateman's Barn is an ideal location for Conferences, Seminars and Training Days, being conveniently situated for access from the whole of East Anglia, but also in a very peaceful rural location. It is part of the privately owned South Elmham Hall estate with its beautiful landscape and ancient monuments.
EXCLUSIVE USE
The venue can be hired for exclusive use of a client for the whole day or more, and accommodation can be booked nearby. Clients have the option of a private tour of the Hall guided by the owner, and also a guided walk round the estate including a visit to the 11th century Minster ruin.
FLEXIBLE
Bateman's Barn seats up to 70 in comfort, and can be divided to provide a more intimate setting for up to 40. In such a secluded setting. the cuisine needs to be good to attract custom-and so it does; delicious, imaginative food catering to all tastes and dietary needs.
All our food is freshly prepared in-house by our resident chef - from the 'not so simple sandwich' to an elaborate supper with all the trimmings. Even if it's only tea and biscuits for your meeting, the tea will be a special variety and the biscuits will be freshly made for you.
Bateman's Barn is available for hire from Monday to Friday all year round, from 9am to 10pm. There is a telephone line for Internet access and projection or audio equipment can be provided. Presentation equipment can be provided, accommodation and transport arranged.
Product launches, corporate hospitality whatever your requirement, Bateman's Barn can offer a unique and exclusive environment for your event.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION ring 01986782526
or use the contact page
Educational Visits
All school visits to our farm are free of charge if booked through the Countryside Stewardship Educational Access scheme and include one member of staff to assist or lead for the day.
Please contact us for details on 01986 782526.
There are many opportunities to bring the classroom to the countryside and introduce students to the everyday practical applications of school subjects.
- Maths - Survey the hedgerows estimate the spread of species, what are the differences between the old hedges and new plantings? The green “Debbs” lane is an ideal example, estimate the age of the older areas. Measure and compare wind speed in the beck valley compared with the more exposed areas by the car park.
- Science - How does the exposure of the site explored above affect the flora and fauna? Or how does the age of a hedgerow affect the wildlife found in and around it. There are many veteran pollarded parkland trees along the low meadows what particular habitat do they provide, investigate the timber use.
- Geography - How has this landscape evolved, how do you tell which are older field systems and boundaries. Why were the buildings sited in a particular area.
- English - The landscape and all the people who have lived here can provide an inspiration for writing.
- Technology - Create models of the landscape, the medieval buildings in and around the moat an ideal spot. Or the area of fishponds, deep and shallow areas were connected by sluices, for different species and size of fish, water flowed from one end of the system to the other. How did it work?
- Art - Some of the old hornbeam trees are almost like mythical creatures. What was art to people who lived here in the past?
- History - The Hall, minster and the whole area is full of historical interest - download our detailed print friendly history page as a PDF document.
