Grade II* listed mansion of 1696 with two licensed ceremony rooms and walled gardens, Ilford
Valentines Mansion & Gardens is a restored mansion of 1696 in a public park at Ilford, with two rooms licensed for civil ceremonies and whole-house hire for up to 120 guests.
Valentines Mansion was built in 1696 and now stands as a restored, Grade II* listed house in a public park at Ilford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. The borough owns it and the charity Vision RCL runs it. Gants Hill station on the Central line is a five-minute walk, and Ilford is on the Elizabeth line.
Two rooms are licensed for civil ceremonies. The first-floor Drawing Room holds 70, with stained glass, a grand piano and a balcony over the South Lawn, and the ground-floor Morning Room holds 40 beside a deep bay window. Ceremony hire starts at £400 including VAT, and eight hours of the whole mansion, for up to 120 guests, starts at £1,335. There is no kitchen and no accommodation, so caterers come from an approved list and guests stay in nearby hotels. A walled garden, a Victorian rose garden and the Long Water canal serve for photographs, but ceremonies are held indoors.
Valentines Mansion & Gardens
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Valentines Mansion dates from 1696, when this part of Ilford was farmland. It is Grade II* listed and has been restored, and it is now owned by the London Borough of Redbridge and run by the charity Vision RCL.
The first-floor Drawing Room takes 70 guests, with stained glass, a grand piano and a balcony over the South Lawn. The ground-floor Morning Room takes 40 and has a deep bay window onto the garden, which frames the registrar's desk.
Rooms are booked in blocks of two or three hours, or the whole mansion for eight hours for up to 120 guests. Food comes from an approved list of caterers, which includes South Asian and British specialists.
A walled garden has a brick archway that opens to the Long Water, there is a Victorian rose garden along a gravel walk, and the Dry Garden has borders against old brick. These are used for drinks and photographs, with vows kept indoors.
A Grade II* listed mansion, restored, held by the London Borough of Redbridge and run by the charity Vision RCL.
The HouseTwo rooms are licensed for civil ceremonies: the Drawing Room upstairs for 70, the Morning Room downstairs for 40.
The Ceremony
Exclusive hire of the whole mansion for up to 120 guests, from £1,335 inclusive of VAT.
The HireNo kitchen of its own. Catering comes from five approved caterers, and the food is whatever a family actually eats.
The Table
The larger of the two licensed rooms, on the first floor, with stained glass, a grand piano and doors through to the Regency Parlour, and a balcony over the South Lawn. Licensed for civil ceremonies and hired in three-hour blocks. A ceremony room, not a bedroom: nobody stays at Valentines.
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The ground-floor licensed room, with a deep bay window looking into the garden that most couples use as the ceremony backdrop. The registrar's desk goes into the bay and the aisle runs the length of the boards. Hired in two-hour blocks, from £400.
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The whole mansion for eight hours, for up to 120 guests.
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Valentines Mansion stands on Emerson Road at Ilford, in its own public park in the London Borough of Redbridge. Gants Hill, on the Central line, is five minutes away on foot, and Ilford is on the Elizabeth line, which puts central London within half an hour for guests travelling in. By car it sits just off the A406 and the A12, with the M25 at junction 27. Parking on site is RingGo only, code 21405, which is worth printing on the invitation.
Valentines Mansion & Gardens, 1 Emerson Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 4XA, England
Parking. Parking on site is by RingGo only, using code 21405.
Gants Hill (London Underground) is the nearest station, about 0.5 miles from the venue in a straight line.
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It is at 1 Emerson Road, Ilford, in its own public park in the London Borough of Redbridge. Gants Hill station is five minutes away on foot, and the A406 and A12 are close by.
Two rooms: the first-floor Drawing Room, licensed for 70 and hired in three-hour blocks, and the ground-floor Morning Room, licensed for 40 and hired in two-hour blocks. No other room in the house carries a licence.
Ceremony room hire starts at £400 including VAT, which covers two hours in the Morning Room on a Tuesday to Thursday, for the ceremony only. The Drawing Room starts at £500, and hiring the whole mansion for eight hours starts at £1,335. The registrar is charged separately by Redbridge from £660.
Whole-house hire takes up to 120 guests. The venue does not split its capacity into seated and standing numbers for individual rooms, so ask for layout numbers before planning tables.
No. There is no kitchen of its own, so food must come from the approved list: The Curry Club, Inside Out Eventz, British Asian Catering, Eden Caterers and The Plantation Inn.
No. There are no guest bedrooms and no bridal preparation suite, so guests stay in hotels in Ilford and Gants Hill or along the Central and Elizabeth lines.
No. Ceremonies are held indoors, and the walled garden, the Victorian rose garden and the Long Water are used for drinks and photographs afterwards.
Eight hours of the entire mansion, with both licensed rooms, the Gallery, the Holcombe Room and its terrace, the Regency Parlour, the Bird Room and the Victorian kitchen. Up to two extra hours can be added.
A mansion built in 1696, Grade II* listed and restored. It belongs to the London Borough of Redbridge and is run by the charity Vision RCL.
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