Nicola and Paul had a real runaway wedding – they travelled all the way from Essex to tie the knot here at Lower Barns with their two daughters in attendance. “We only told my parents and our girls the day before we left to get married and then announced the news to everyone when we […]
A RELAXED DO FOR TWO AT LOWER BARNS Tiffany and Alex had been together for just over 18 months when they decided to get married. “We wanted a wedding which was about us, and what we wanted. The idea of eloping came to us as quite a surprise but once we found Lower Barns we […]
A wedding with a long lead time, hours and weeks spent planning, involving other peoples ideas and decisions, inviting people you haven’t seen since you were a child, not agreeing on the cake or the colour of the bows on the chairs can be a wedding planning reality. And lots of compromise. It can also […]
Relaxation. Escapism. Tranquillity. Indulgence. Lower Barns offers it all in abundance. But, if you had to sum up the charm of this magical spot in one word it would be this: romance. Needless to say, it makes one enchanting setting for a honeymoon. First of all, there’s something oh-so romantic about its location. […]
Autumn Romancing in Cornwall If there is ever such a thing as a ‘prime time’ in Cornwall – we are, indeed, just about to enter it! The hot, sticky summer is now on it’s way out and autumn is just around the corner. What does September bring? The sun shines, the beaches become quiet and […]
From a child I have always loved the romance of wandering these lands in a gypsy caravan – the freedom of stopping in a layby, a forest or coastline, setting up camp with the fire crackling and the kettle whispering, foraging the land for food and just being content with little. It was not to […]
From the very beginning Lower Barns has been about the energy of love and the romance of food, drink, laughter, sunshine, colours, lush gardens, comfort, fragrance and slowing down time. Doing what we dream about. Making our visions real. Being idyllic and loving it. Growing, expanding, loving it and caring about ourselves, each other, the […]