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5 Must-See New England Barn Wedding Venues

By Black Diamond April 11, 2022 Weddings
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From Historic to Modern

These New England barn wedding venues each offer their own local take on intimacy and charm. Step back, or into, a quintessential rustic New England setting.

 

1. Longlook Farm & Barn - Sanbornton, NH

 

Overlooking the mountain ranges surrounding the NH Lakes Region, Longlook offers brand new Glamping sites as of the 2022-2023 Wedding Season in addition to a largely expanded reception barn. Imagine the exact vibe of the photo and video below and double the square footage. Longlook Farm has the COOLEST cocktail hour space making use of an old garage turned mountain lodge library bar. Stunning. The property is equipped to sleep dozens of guests for an entire weekend retreat. See More…

 

barn wedding sparkler sendoff

Photo: Sam Thompson Studios

 


2. Granite Ridge Estate - Norway, ME

 

It may not be historic but it soon will be. Granite Ridge Estate & Barn is a modern take on a historic timber frame barn. The solid construction wedding venue perched atop a granite cliff in Maine’s Western Foothills and featuring a tree-lined intimate wedding ceremony space is incredibly popular, and often booked up early, during the fall foliage months in New England. See More…

 

daytime mountain barn wedding

Photo: PictureThis!

 

3. Barn on the Pemi - Plymouth, NH

 

Just uphill from the flowing Pemigewasstt River sits the Common Man Family-owned Barn on the Pemi. With a selection of NH-influenced event spaces from the Barn on Pemi’s greenhouse cocktail space to the river view stone  ceremony terrace to the newly constructed but NH history inspired reception barn with the Common Man hospitality your wedding is in the caring hands of a storied New England hospitality family. See More…

 

Barn Wedding bistro lights

Photo: Brit Perkins Photography

barn wedding dance floor

Photo: Brit Perkins Photography

 

4. The Greenery - Milton, NH

 

A true blank canvas rustic wedding venue. The Greenery is a modern wedding barn with a true New England ornate vibe with carefully curated decor and fixtures that bring the space from old world to modern. Open seasonally May through October, The Greenery features outdoor wedding ceremony space aside and within their acres of blooming orchards and in the shadows of New Hampshire’s sprawling mountains. See More…

 

Photo: Katie Jann Photography

 

 


5. Smith Barn at Brooksby Farm - Peabody, MA

 

Another venue set among a sprawling orchard is the apple farm of Brooksby Farm in Peabody, MA and it’s wedding venue the Smith Barn. This century-old structure has housed the nuptials of thousands of couples over the years and the infrastructure and incredible events team staff keep this municipal-owned relic operating at full steam. Sunset is beautiful and plentiful here thanks to the West-facing glass barn doors and ample open space in front thanks to the active farm land just outside. See More…

 

 

 

FINAL TOAST

New England has a vast variety of perfect rustic themed and barn setting wedding venues. Far more to make this list. There are SO much farming history in New England and SO many 1700’s and 1800’s business magnate family summer retreats now turned hospitality destinations. These five rustic wedding barn properties are not to be skipped in your venue search. Not find what you’re looking for? See more New England wedding venues.

 

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