Clock Barn Wedding Whitchurch Awful Experience
I recently was a guest at a wedding at the Clock Barn Whitchurch.
Quite a few days before the event there had been an extreme weather warning it was forecast the hottest day of the year boy did they get that right, we endured 30 degree heat!
The clock barn had a duty of care that day to every single guest that attended yet they put absolutely nothing in place for the guests concerning the extreme temperatures!
There were guests in their 80’s and a heavily pregnant guest, not to mention the bride who had the most beautiful princess wedding dress on that must have weighed a tonne and lined to the hilt!
The ceremony was held in a room the size of a shoebox, everyone was practically sitting on top of each other and there was no air con or fans or anything to relieve you of the sauna style experience!
Luckily the ceremony was short and we were able to escape to the gardens!
Please be aware this function/wedding event venue has absolutely NO air conditioning or industrial style fans, and there was no attempt from the venue to hire them for the day even though the country was full warned of the heatwave we were going to have that day!
When we went inside for the wedding meal the temperature must have been close to 40 degrees!
The bride passed out and staff were running around with napkins filled with ice trying to cool down guests that were overheating!
It was awful, no one could enjoy the meal, no one could enjoy the table wine, everyone wanted to escape, I felt so sorry for the bride & groom that had spent thousands of pounds on their wedding for it to be ruined by a penny pinching venue that had no regard for their guests!
In the evening the DJ set up, he played practically the whole set to an empty room, it was just too hot for anyone to stay in for more than a couple of minutes at a time!
A couple of weeks before the wedding the venue contacted the bride & groom and asked them for an extra £1400 for “food” I find this absolutely disgusting, this young couple had a booked the wedding 2 years beforehand and had a contract with the Clock Barn, they then demand a huge amount of money weeks before their big day, what a joke, beware of this company, they totally took advantage of the bride & grooms vulnerability and anxieties about the venue cancelling their wedding day if they didn’t forward extra money, demanded outside of the contract!
FUTURE BRIDE & GROOM BEWARE THIS IS A COMPANY THAT TAKES YOUR MONEY AND DOES NOT CARE!
I can imagine the venue is beautiful but I never got to experience it as it was just too hot to spend anytime inside!
Bet the bar took hardly any money as everyone stuck to soft drinks as it was too hot to drink alcohol!
If they had invested in portable air con or industrial fans to keep the place cool more of us would have had a tipple or two!
Would not recommend this venue unless you’re happy to be treated badly!
Too many other lovely venues to choose from!