Bower A barn, a walled garden and a very long table

The parlour

North-east, cool all day

The parlour

The small room. Used for the ceremony when the party is under fifty, and for the people who need to sit down when it is not.

How many it holds

The room is 55.2 m². Once the bar, the cake table, the band and the gangways are out, 49.7 m² of it is floor you can put people on. Everything below follows from that.

Some layouts would physically fit more, but the licence caps this room at 40 and the licence wins.

Capacity by layout
Round tables 31 4 tables 1.8 m rounds of ten, three metres apart, with service to every table.
Long tables 35 650 mm of table edge each, seated both sides, 1.4 m between runs.
Ceremony rows 40 Chairs at 450 mm, rows 900 mm apart, a 1.2 m aisle and side gangways.
Standing reception 40 Two thirds of a square metre each, which is a glass in hand and room to turn round.

What the light does

Computed for this valley, not for the nearest city — Somerset, England. Times are the venue's own.

Saturday 17 October 2026

Sunrise
7:37 am over the east
Light goes golden
5:28 pm the hour photographers ask for
Sunset
6:14 pm behind the west side
Usable light gone
6:47 pm lights on after this
Highest the sun gets
30° 12:56 pm