Kitley House Hotel strikes Gold and Silver in Devon Tourism Awards 2019

Kitley House Hotel is celebrating being named Devon's ‘Wedding Venue of the Year’ and scooping Silver in the Business Events Venue of the Devon Tourism Awards.  The four* hotel, restaurant and wedding venue was delighted to win Gold against stiff competition from other leading businesses in the wedding venue category of the awards.

Kitley House Hotel was presented with its two sparkling Dartington Crystal trophies by Kate Salmon, a co-founder of Plastic Free Exeter and a member of the 'Row For The Ocean' team - the fastest all-female crew in the 2018 Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge.

The Awards saw a record of 240 entries across 27 different categories, with 167 entrants - including Kitley - receiving judge visits as part of a comprehensive judging process. Judges described Kitley as a Wedding Venue that was "Charming, with a real sense of grandeur" and a Business Events Venue providing "The perfect backdrop for any meeting or conference".

Kitley House is a 500-year-old former manor house with a rich history set in a stunning 600-acre, family-run estate beside the Yealm estuary, near Plymouth. The ancestral home of the Bastard family, it was taken back into family hands last year and has since undergone a sensitive programme of restoration and renovation.

Managing Director, Spike Bastard, says “We are over the moon to have won not one, but two awards. We know that Kitley is a fabulous place to get married and now it’s official - the best wedding venue in Devon in 2019! We were delighted too to pick up a Silver award as Business Events Venue. Our two crystal trophies are fantastic recognition of all the hard work and commitment shown by our team over the last year. A massive thank you to the judges.”