The Lawn
Up to 140 seated
A wide south-facing lawn above the bay. Civil ceremonies here look straight out to the Channel, with the house as a quiet backdrop.
South Devon
A private bay for the day you mean to remember
Pearl Bay is a honey-stone house on the South Hams coast. The lawn faces the Channel. The hall is licensed. The estate is yours alone.
Where
South Hams, Devon
Guests
Up to 140
Use
The estate, exclusively
Season
April to October
The estate
Not a hotel. A house that keeps the sea.
Pearl Bay sits above a sheltered crescent on the South Devon coast, a short drive from Kingsbridge and within reach of the main line at Totnes, Plymouth and Exeter.
Couples take the whole place. There is no other wedding in the next room, and no function suite with a carpet from 1998. Civil ceremonies are licensed on the lawn and in the hall. If the weather turns, we simply move inside — the view stays.
The house sleeps the couple and eight guests. We hold rooms at two inns in the nearest village for everyone else, and we keep a short list of Devon caterers, florists and musicians. You may bring your own, with our approval.
Spaces
Four rooms, if you count the lawn.
The Hall
Licensed indoors
The wedding breakfast room: sash windows, sea light and a table long enough for the speeches to land properly.
The Terrace
Drinks & supper
Stone underfoot, the bay in front of you. Drinks before dinner, or a smaller supper when the weather holds.
The Bridal Suite
Couple’s rooms
A quiet room at the front of the house. Morning light, a view of the water, and the day starting slowly.
A day here
Unhurried, and in one place.
11:00
The house is yours
The suite is ready. Florists arrive. You have the lawn before anyone else.
14:00
Ceremony
On the lawn if the sky is kind, or in the hall if Devon has other ideas. Both are licensed.
15:00
Drinks on the terrace
Photographs along the headland path. Guests stay with the view.
17:30
Wedding breakfast
Long tables in the hall, speeches, then the doors open toward the bay.
21:00
Evening
Lanterns on the lawn. A small band or a very good record player. Carriages by midnight.
2027 season
Saturdays still open.
English weddings here are almost always Saturdays. Open dates can be held with an enquiry. Weekday ceremonies are quieter, and usually possible — say so in your note. The 2028 book opens in January.
Choose a Saturday to carry it into your enquiry.
Celebrations
Three ways to take the house.
Figures are a starting point for a Saturday in season, before catering. We will write a proper estimate once we know your numbers.
Pearl
from £6,500
A ceremony on the lawn, and the afternoon to yourselves.
- Civil ceremony for up to 60 guests
- Three hours’ exclusive use of the lawn and terrace
- House coordinator on the day
- Simple rose-and-olive ceremony flowers
- Sparkling reception for the party
The Bay
from £12,800
Ceremony, wedding breakfast and the evening, all on the estate.
- Ceremony and wedding breakfast for up to 100
- Welcome drinks on the terrace
- Full-day coordination
- Tables, linen, glassware and candlelight
- Evening extension until midnight
Exclusive
from £22,000
The house and the bay, from Friday afternoon until Sunday.
- Sole use of the estate, Friday to Sunday
- Up to 140 guests for the wedding day
- Bridal suite and eight guest bedrooms
- Rehearsal supper on the terrace
- A planner from first visit to last dance
Gallery
Light, linen, and the bay.
From the book
What couples mention afterwards.
We wanted the sea without a hotel corridor. Pearl Bay felt like someone’s house that happened to face the Channel.
The lawn ceremony was the thing we had pictured for two years. When the cloud lifted, it was exactly that.
Our parents are not ‘destination wedding’ people. An hour from the A38, a proper breakfast, and beds upstairs. That was the brief, and they met it.
Enquire
Tell us the Saturday.
We reply within two working days. A first visit is an hour on the lawn and a cup of tea in the hall — no presentation, no hard sell.
- hello@pearlbay.uk
- Telephone
- +44 20 3996 6420
- Visits
- Thursday to Saturday, by appointment
- Chosen date
- Not yet
- Celebration
- Not yet