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Long tables and timber benches set for dinner in a stone hall under festoon lights and exposed roof beams

A hall, a pavilion, a walled garden and the lawn.

Four spaces a short walk apart, for ceremonies, dinners, day meetings and parties. Every one has a covered plan.

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Map of Hollowfield Estate: Tallowmere Road along the north, the farm track down to the kitchen yard, parking on the field beside the Reception Hall, the Lawn in front of the hall, the Walled Garden with the Garden Pavilion beside it, the Meadow and Tallow Creek to the south. TALLOWMERE ROADfarm trackPARKINGkitchen yardTallow CreekThe MeadowNorth Paddockthe homesteadprivateOrchard THE LAWNiv RECEPTION HALLi WALLED GARDENiii GARDEN PAVILIONii N HOLLOWFIELDESTATEKestrel Vale, New South WalesSurveyed 1836 · redrawn for guests050100 m

Reception Hall

A timber framed hall with festoon lights overhead and wide doors onto the lawn.

Our timber framed hall seats 160 for a sit down dinner with the dance floor in, and 180 without it. Long tables or rounds, festoon lights overhead, and wide doors onto the lawn.

The hall was the estate’s woolshed for a century. The frame and the floor are the original hardwood, and two side rooms, the Tack Room and the Hayloft, open off the north end.

Strings of party lights glowing softly against the night
Filament bulbs hanging at different heights beneath a timber ceiling beam
A dinner table set with white plates, silver cutlery and glassware glowing in warm candlelight

Weddings

  • Seated dinner, dance floor in 160
  • Seated dinner, no dance floor 180
  • Ceremony seating 180

Events

  • Theatre 220
  • Cabaret 120
  • Boardroom 36
  • Cocktail, standing 250
  • Long tables 180

What is included

  • Long timber tables or rounds, crossback chairs and white linen
  • Festoon lighting and candles in glass holders
  • A sound limited system for speeches and bands
  • Two side rooms for the bridal party, or for breakout sessions
  • An accessible toilet beside the hall, and step free doors

If it rains

The hall is the wet weather plan for the whole estate. It can be laid for the ceremony and turned round for dinner while guests are having drinks in the porch.

For day meetings

Day meetings use the hall with two large screens and a ceiling projector. The Tack Room seats 12 and the Hayloft 20 for breakouts.

Garden Pavilion

Open sided, beside the old walled garden, for ceremonies in the open air.

Open sided, beside the old walled garden. Ceremonies for up to 120 guests, with drinks and canapés on the lawn afterwards.

The pavilion has a timber roof on slim posts, a stone floor and a view straight down the lawn to the meadow. It also suits a long lunch at tables down its length, or a talk in the open air.

An outdoor ceremony aisle lined with timber chairs and rose arrangements, leading to a draped arbour
Pale dahlias and greenery in a glass vase on a linen dressed table in low light
Bridesmaids holding small round posies of baby's breath, seen from the shoulders down

Weddings

  • Ceremony seating 120

Events

  • Theatre 120
  • Long tables 80
  • Cocktail, standing 150

What is included

  • Ceremony seating for up to 120
  • A table for signing, and a small sound system for the celebrant
  • A firm walkway from the hall whenever a ceremony is held here

If it rains

The pavilion can be closed on its two windward sides. If the weather turns properly, the ceremony moves into the hall.

Walled Garden

The old kitchen garden behind brick walls: beds, gravel paths and a fountain at the centre.

The walled garden was planted for the house a little over a century ago and is still worked by the grounds team. It is where most couples take their photographs, and where drinks go when the lawn is busy.

Gravel paths cross at a small fountain, and the beds change with the season, from sweet peas and roses in spring to dahlias in autumn.

A deep bed of lavender in flower in the garden
A gravel path running through long grass towards an orchard and tall trees
Pink and white ranunculus laid across the top of a timber basket

Weddings

  • Ceremony seating 100
  • Cocktail, standing 180

Events

  • Long tables 60
  • Cocktail, standing 180

What is included

  • Drinks and canapés for up to 180
  • Ceremonies for up to 100 guests
  • A single long table for up to 60, laid down the centre path

If it rains

The walls give shelter from the wind, but not the rain. Drinks move to the pavilion or the hall porch, decided on the morning.

The Lawn

The broad lawn in front of the hall, running down to the meadow.

The lawn is level and wide, with the hall doors along one side and the meadow below. Ceremonies here take up to 180 guests, and drinks and canapés up to 250, with festoon lights strung overhead for the evening.

In summer the lawn is where Christmas parties and long lunches are laid, with an outdoor bar by the hall doors.

Tall grasses and wildflowers backlit by the setting sun across the meadow
A glass of red wine on an outdoor timber table at dusk, with festoon lights glowing along the rail behind
A festoon bulb glowing over the lawn at dusk, with more lights soft in the trees beyond

Weddings

  • Ceremony seating 180
  • Cocktail, standing 250

Events

  • Long tables 120
  • Cocktail, standing 250

What is included

  • Festoon lights strung over the lawn
  • An outdoor bar by the hall doors
  • Lawn games, rugs and shade umbrellas on request

If it rains

The lawn can be soft after rain. Everything planned for it has a covered version in the hall or the pavilion, and we lay a firm walkway for ceremonies.

Rows of glowing paper lanterns set out across the lawn at night

Whoever books the day has every space to themselves.

One booking a day

How the numbers work

Capacities depend on the layout. These are the ones we use most, and the events team will sketch your own at the viewing.

  • TheatreRows of chairs facing the front, for ceremonies, talks and presentations.
  • CabaretRound tables with the side nearest the screen left open, for workshops and awards.
  • BoardroomOne long table with everyone around it, for meetings and planning days.
  • CocktailStanding, with a few high tables, for drinks, launches and parties.
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