• Pretzels in the Pagoda on the front terrace at Big Barn

Terms and Conditions part 1, parts 2 and 3 below

Printed document: Barn Terms and Conditions 2024 and T&Cs for Outside contractors.

The Llyn Gwynant Barns are a venue where you create your own weekend wedding event. Solid stone buildings in a  spectacular setting come with private fields. This is not however a hotel: we clean the bathrooms and run a bar on the wedding day. But you organise your food and entertainment, hiring waiting staff from your caterer if you want. A group of friends will be needed to help at specific times: for parking, moving heavy tables to clear a dance floor if yours is a large wedding, and serving toasts and table wines if you bring your own. Please be aware that hire of the barns comes with these terms and conditions:

  • Private functions only: No publicly advertised parties or events are allowed.
  • Respect our bar license: we charge corkage on the day the bar is open and provide and clean glassware as well as being responsible for alcohol consumed on the day, whether this is brought in or is purchased on site, see our Bar and drinks page for more details.
  • Respect equipment and furniture including appliances in our Kitchen Barn, and the furniture in other rooms.
  • Caterers using our kitchen must be from our list though you and guests can use it too.
  • Mobile caterers must be approved if they are not on our list and be aware that although we provide tableware you must wash it if your caterer does not. You will need helpers to collect disposable plates and cutlery if you decide to use those.
  • Any business invited onto our site must have our prior approval and must see our T&Cs for Outside contractors.
  • The maximum number of guests is 120 including children – infants are not counted.
  • Wedding guests staying overnight camp in Barn field only – not in the public campsite.
  • No nails, staples or other sharp objects to be used on walls.
  • No paper confetti anywhere just petals or leaves.
  • Dogs are not allowed inside and if outside must be kept on a leash at all times.
  • Our pagoda is the only marquee allowed as we must protect underground services.
  • Vehicle parking is your responsibility: use your friends to help and ask our staff for advice.
  • Clean up: The barns are not serviced accommodation – you must leave them and the fields in tidy condition, floor mopped, with rubbish in bins, and glass, cans, paper and plastic separated for recycling.

Terms and Conditions on safety at the barns

  • Child safety: rough ground, steep drops and a lake are all hazards near the barns, please look after young children and keep them safe from fires.
  • Food safety is the responsibility of barn users or contractors; please be careful, hygienic and safe.
  • Fire safety is your responsibility and you must abide by fire safety instructions displayed in Kitchen barn. The inside woodburner has a fireguard provided. The celebration firewok must be outside on hard standing not grass, and at least 6m from the barns. Only wood bought from us may be used. No candles, flares, fireworks, straw or hay bales are allowed anywhere. No firewok, fire pit or bbq on the grass.
  • Security during your stay is your responsibility, keys to outside doors are supplied on request. Any valuables including gifts, cameras are left in the barns at your risk. Gwynant Ltd takes no responsibility for any loss or damage for valuables left on site.
  • Field protection: No driving on fields, no fires on your own bbqs or fire pits on the grass.
  • Electrical safety is especially important if there are outside contractors using the site
    – our supply is limited so no extra heaters or catering equipment without prior approval
    – no electrical cables to be used outside without proper arrangements and armoring

Noise and behaviour conditions

The Llyn Gwynant barns are close to the public campsite where noise is restricted, and where only quiet talking is allowed after 11.00 pm. If doors are kept shut, sound systems in the barns are not usually audible from the  campsite. However occasionally if there is a loud band, or if the night is still with a wind in the wrong direction, noise can be a problem. We only hire the barns to people who agree to these conditions:

  • No excessive noise or disturbance is to be audible at the public campsite after 11pm. Only acoustic music (not sound systems) are allowed outside, and only during the day.
  • Large sound systems/DJs/bands must cease playing at midnight along with last orders at the bar. Only acoustic music or small speaker systems after this.
  • A responsible person must be nominated to liaise with campsite staff regarding noise levels
  • Outside there are no sound systems, only acoustic music is allowed outside the barns and only during the day. Occasionally we can agree to sound systems being used for a short time for a special event by prior arrangement.
  • If no-one is responsive to warden requests for reduced sound, power may be cut off.