Gray’s Inn

Gray’s Inn Hall and Walks

In the first-floor Hall at Gray’s Inn, couples say their vows beneath the Elizabethan Great Screen, traditionally believed to be carved from the timbers of the Nuestra Senora del Rosario, flagship of the Andalucian Squadron of the Spanish Armada. The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn, at 8 South Square in Holborn, traces its origins to the de Grey family’s Manor of Purpoole and has trained barristers since before 1388. The Hall is largely unchanged since the time of Queen Elizabeth I, whose patronage marked the Inn’s sixteenth-century Golden Age. Stained-glass windows dating from 1462, including the South Oriel with the Coats of Arms of Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales, overlook The Walks, the gardens laid out in 1608 by Sir Francis Bacon.

The Hall in the Domus Building is the principal wedding space, used for wedding ceremonies, wedding breakfasts and evening celebrations. The Large Pension Room, also on the first floor of the Domus Building, hosts more intimate ceremonies and seated wedding breakfasts. The Walks, Gray’s Inn’s private gardens, sit beside the Domus Building and contain the contemporary summer marquee. The Landing on the first floor is used naturally for drinks receptions at smaller weddings, while the Benchers’ Library is kept as a private room for the couple or bridal party. Larger celebrations run through the Hall and adjacent first-floor rooms, while summer weddings can move between The Walks, the marquee and the historic interiors across the day.