Questions, answered

Overnight stays are £450 a night, the same every night of the week. Day hire is £500 for a full day (up to 8 hours). Weekly hire is £2,500 for a working week (Monday to Friday) or 7 nights. A £100 security deposit is added to every booking and returned after your stay.

Choose your dates and options in the booking form — it takes about a minute. Your card is reserved but not charged, and we reply within 24 hours. You’re only charged if we confirm; if we can’t host you, the reservation is released and nothing is taken.

More than 4 weeks’ notice: full refund. 1 to 4 weeks: 75% refund. Less than a week: no refund on the booking. The £100 deposit is always returned in full. Full details are in our booking terms.

Yes — from £50, emailed straight to the person you choose with your message, and valid for 24 months. Any balance left after a booking stays on the code. Buy a gift voucher.

Yes. Little Gaddesden residents and charities or community groups get a special rate — just tick the box when you book. If we’ve given you a discount code, you can add it when you check your request. Discounts never apply to the security deposit.

Up to 4 guests overnight, in two double bedrooms. The upstairs bedroom has its own bath, and there’s a shower room downstairs. Day hire is for up to 15 people.

Check-in is from 3pm, with self check-in using a key lockbox — we send you the details before you arrive. Check-out is by 12 noon.

The barn is yours alone for your booking, and you’re welcome to use the grounds. Every booking includes the gym and reformer Pilates and the golf simulator (up to 2 hours a day each), the outdoor kitchen with pizza oven, Big Green Egg and BBQ, the heated pool from April to September, Wi-Fi, a presentation screen, free parking, an EV charger and a washer-dryer. Overnight stays and weekly hire also come with a welcome hamper of local produce.

Well-behaved dogs are welcome on request — just tell us when you book.

Yes, children are very welcome.

The ground floor is step-free, but there are steps into the bedrooms and bathrooms. If you need it, we can arrange wheelchair access in and out of the barn — the front doors are wide enough. Just let us know when you book.

Yes. Day hire is designed for meetings, offsites and workshops, with a presentation screen, fast Wi-Fi and the grounds to break out into. Events, and commercial photography or filming, are welcome by prior arrangement — please ask us before booking. We don’t host hen or stag parties.

Yes. Our partner, Hawkins Private Dining, creates bespoke menus for guests of the barn. You’ll be offered private dining while you book: tell them your plans and they’ll be in touch with ideas and prices.

The Ashridge Estate is a 2-minute walk away, with miles of National Trust woodland. Berkhamsted station is 15 minutes by car, with trains to London Euston in about 40 minutes. Josh F Barbers is on site, in its own building a short walk from the barn. Book at joshfbarbers.com.