Review of The Henry Moore Foundation

3 years ago

Two reviews in one.

Two reviews in one.
Firstly the studios and gardens arr amazing. Everything is well maintained and the visitors centre is only a couple of years old and is well designed. The is a new gallery by the sheep field which architecturally is a bit barny so fits in with the local vernacular, nut inside is climate controlled with clean modern lines.
The gardens are spectacular, well maintained with lovely planted areas around Hoglands (Henry Moores house.) The gardens is where most of the sculptures are diaplayed and with the surrounding foliage and in natural sunlight they gleam and shiw of textures wirhin the catsings.
The cafe is amazing. We've been to the HMF many times and always stop for a drink and food. The cakes are fantastic and the bacon and Sausage Sandwiches make a fillg and tasty lunch.
Review 2 - Weddings
We love it so here so much we got Married here! The HMF has a license for 12 weddings a year in the aisled barn (which I forgot to mention above) which is a 17th century barn Henry Moore bought from a local farmer and had moved and modernised. It has climate control (a pre-requiset of mine for an August wedding!) and HM displayed tapestries he commisioned of his some of his pencil sketches. These give the hall a very unique feel for your wedding. We comfortably seated 90 in the barn for the service and the wedding breakfast, although you'll want to hire a shelter in case of inclement weather as you need to vavate the barn during switches between service/dinner/evening do. We took Jules (the lovely lady who organises the events with tje equallu lovely Sarah) advice and hire a giant hat Tipi, these look amazing and so much better than a traditional marquee. If you have more than 90-100 guests you'll probably be better hiring 2+ tipis and eating outside. HMF make sure that everything runs smoothly and are there for the entire day keeping everything on track.
You can pretty much personalise eveything as the HMF isn't a wedding venue all the time they have no chairs and tables and hire them in for you, so you can have what you want. We had the best day here for our wedding and our guests loved the venue, even of the weather had turned we had shelter and good views.