Willowdale Estate
Guest capacity
Up to 240 seated guests
About this venue
Willowdale Estate is a private mansion, just 30-miles north of Boston, Massachusetts. Located within a 720-acre state forest, and along the pristine Ipswich River. Our private estate is the perfect setting for a New England wedding ceremony and reception. Our coordination team and catering staff will execute your plan with grace, leaving you free to enjoy the party and mix with your guests. At Willowdale Estate, we host two wedding seasons. Our Tent Season from May-October is perfect for parties between 125-240 guests, and our Mansion Season from November-April is better suited for smaller parties between 80-125 guests inside our Estate. As you search for a venue, we would love to hear from you! We can send open dates, host a tour of our space, or create a quote for you. We celebrate the differences that make each client event unique, and warmly welcome people of every race, religion, and gender identity. Thank you for viewing our venue!
Our event spaces
Tent Events (Mansion, Tent, and Garden)
Your once-in-a-lifetime celebration deserves a one-of-a-kind setting.
Tent Season events include our private mansion, garden, and Sperry Tent. Guests enjoy the historic character of our estate, the beauty of our Garden Courtyard with a variety of flowering plants and trees, as well as, multiple access points to the mansion. Dinner and dancing are hosted under our Sperry Tent. Our restaurant-style catering is prepared on-site by the Willowdale Estate catering team, and we include support from on-site event coordinators.
Guest capacity
Up to 240 Seated
Up to 240 Standing
Square footage
6,000
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception
Guests often feel this space is
“Luxurious and chic”
Included in this room:
- Bistro lights along the perimeter of the tent, with lanterns on the spruce center poles - Covered walkway connecting the tent and the mansion - Dining, cocktail, and café tables, and garden chairs - Tent heaters and fans available for use as needed; the Estate is air-conditioned and heated - Parking attendants - Three private hospitality suites for use during your event - Dance floor, courtyard bistro lights, and other custom features can be added (additional pricing will apply)
Mansion Events
Easy to plan, impossible to forget.
Events in the mansion (November - April) include full use of the main floor of the estate, with access to three private suites on the second floor for getting ready. Indoor events are cozy and romantic with warm wood tones of the house, festive, and lights. We are happy to incorporate personal touches that keep our century-old mansion vibrant, dynamic, and full of life. Our mansion features leaded stained glass windows, stone fireplaces, and intricate wood molding.
Guest capacity
Up to 125 Seated
Up to 125 Standing
Square footage
2,700
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Cocktail hour
Guests often feel this space is
“Warm and cozy”
Included in this room:
• Gas fireplaces • LED frosted votive candles • A dance floor is provided in the Great Room • Dining, cocktail, and café tables, and chairs • Parking attendants • Three private hospitality suites • Backup generator available as needed • Seasonal decorations are included for the month of December • upgraded chairs, farm tables, custom lighting, and other custom features can be added to your reception (additional pricing will apply)
Tent Events (Mansion, Tent, and Garden)
Your once-in-a-lifetime celebration deserves a one-of-a-kind setting.
Tent Season events include our private mansion, garden, and Sperry Tent. Guests enjoy the historic character of our estate, the beauty of our Garden Courtyard with a variety of flowering plants and trees, as well as, multiple access points to the mansion. Dinner and dancing are hosted under our Sperry Tent. Our restaurant-style catering is prepared on-site by the Willowdale Estate catering team, and we include support from on-site event coordinators.
Guest capacity
Up to 240 Seated
Up to 240 Standing
Square footage
6,000
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception
Guests often feel this space is
“Luxurious and chic”
Included in this room:
- Bistro lights along the perimeter of the tent, with lanterns on the spruce center poles - Covered walkway connecting the tent and the mansion - Dining, cocktail, and café tables, and garden chairs - Tent heaters and fans available for use as needed; the Estate is air-conditioned and heated - Parking attendants - Three private hospitality suites for use during your event - Dance floor, courtyard bistro lights, and other custom features can be added (additional pricing will apply)
Mansion Events
Easy to plan, impossible to forget.
Events in the mansion (November - April) include full use of the main floor of the estate, with access to three private suites on the second floor for getting ready. Indoor events are cozy and romantic with warm wood tones of the house, festive, and lights. We are happy to incorporate personal touches that keep our century-old mansion vibrant, dynamic, and full of life. Our mansion features leaded stained glass windows, stone fireplaces, and intricate wood molding.
Guest capacity
Up to 125 Seated
Up to 125 Standing
Square footage
2,700
Ideal for
Wedding ceremony, Wedding reception, Cocktail hour
Guests often feel this space is
“Warm and cozy”
Included in this room:
• Gas fireplaces • LED frosted votive candles • A dance floor is provided in the Great Room • Dining, cocktail, and café tables, and chairs • Parking attendants • Three private hospitality suites • Backup generator available as needed • Seasonal decorations are included for the month of December • upgraded chairs, farm tables, custom lighting, and other custom features can be added to your reception (additional pricing will apply)
Available services that can be provided by Willowdale Estate
Services & amenities
- Bar services
- Catering services
- Clean up
- Dance floor
- Dressing room / Bridal Suite
- Event coordinator
- Event rentals
- Event staff
- Liability insurance
- Pet friendly
- Service staff
- Set up
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wifi
Transportation & access
- Self parking - free
- Wheelchair accessible
Rentals
- Chiavari Chairs
- China
- Flatware
- Glassware
- Linens
- Standard Chairs
Reviews
Write a review5.0 out of 5
29 reviews
Perfection!
We wanted a full-service venue for our wedding, and wanted it to feel cozy and unique. Willowdale checked all the boxes. The food is incredible, the staff are so nice and knowledgeable, and the venue itself is gorgeous. They are also very intentional about winter weddings. Where a December wedding can feel like an off-season afterthought, Willowdale makes them shine. Our coordinator Veronica understood from the very beginning that we don’t love the spotlight, but still wanted our wedding to feel special. She didn’t pressure us to participate in any traditions, and didn’t compare us to other couples. It truly felt like she just wanted us to be happy and comfortable. After the ceremony, we were ushered upstairs, and Veronica personally grabbed us a cocktail and some appetizers. This was a thoughtful touch, and it was seamlessly scheduled into the evening. The events team was very easy to get in touch with throughout the planning process. Their responsiveness and expertise helped us feel prepared. If you have the budget for this venue, we highly recommend it. It exceeded our families’ expectations, and totally wowed our guests.
Magical
We hosted our daughter’s wedding at Willowdale and could not be happier with the event! The venue, the food, drinks, and staff were all fantastic! Our guests could not say enough about how magical the wedding was! Veronica listened to and understood our wishes as to the type of experience we were looking for and she delivered just that!
The Wedding of My Dreams
From the moment we booked our wedding at Willowdale Estate, the team there was incredibly professional, helpful, and calming throughout the entire process. Their communication was always prompt and clear, and they made us feel taken care of at every step. The venue itself is absolutely beautiful, with a dreamy, Great Gatsby-esque atmosphere that was the perfect backdrop for our special day. The food was truly amazing - our guests are still raving about it! But perhaps the best part was working with their incredible wedding coordinator, Julia, who went above and beyond to ensure our wedding day was perfect in every way. We are so grateful to the entire Willowdale team for making our wedding day an absolute dream.
Amazing Experience at the Willowdale
We got married in late October this year and we had the most amazing experience with the Willowdale and our event coordinator, Julia D’Agostino. From our initial tour of the venue, getting a nice thank you in the mail after the tour, to booking our date and having someone on the team answer my billion questions every other week it was a great experience. When Julia was assigned to us as our day of coordinator in the weeks prior to the wedding, we felt so very fortunate. Julia was always so responsible and reliable. In our wedding prep meeting, she provided us with solid recommendations. When we came in all frazzled to the stuff drop off the week before the event, Julia was so relaxed and had such a "can do" attitude. During the wedding day, Julia was also always there. She pulled us aside and brought us a plate of apps during our cocktail hour, she reminded us to eat during the dinner, and at the end of the day, she was there to wish us well and take a final pic as everyone else had left. 100% recommend the Willowdale for the busy bride, like myself, or the one who has the time to plan. Our day was flawless thanks to Julia and the Willowdale team and we got SO MANY COMPLIMENTS on how beautiful it was. Best day ever!
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