Colstoun

Colstoun Colstoun House and Gardens Events venue in the heart of East Lothian.

The Coach House - set up for a private event last week
30/03/2025

The Coach House - set up for a private event last week

Exploring the walled garden at the beginning of spring
28/03/2025

Exploring the walled garden at the beginning of spring

A massive thank you to the guys from  who came and transformed our severely storm damaged poly tunnel back into the wond...
22/03/2025

A massive thank you to the guys from who came and transformed our severely storm damaged poly tunnel back into the wonderful space that we’ve loved for about a decade!

Just a few weeks until our first wedding of the season in the poly tunnel and we’ve been busy repairing, pruning and improving the garden over what can only be described as an … interesting winter!

We are probably still the greatest advocates for weddings at colstoun! Having our wedding at home in the coach house 6 m...
15/03/2025

We are probably still the greatest advocates for weddings at colstoun! Having our wedding at home in the coach house 6 months ago!

We were so lucky to have serving all of our guests a lovely meal and the wonderful taking wonderful photographs that we will treasure forever! We were blessed to have so many wonderful suppliers that we used from the list that we’ve built up over the years as a wedding venue and it was lovely and made it special to involve so many familiar faces!

Thanks to everyone who has sent messages over the last few days! We are finally back home with power restored! Feels nic...
28/01/2025

Thanks to everyone who has sent messages over the last few days! We are finally back home with power restored! Feels nice to be home and have a good idea what needs to be repaired!

The damage is pretty confusing. Exposed tall trees left standing and sheltered trees ripped entirely from ground. And poly tunnels ripped apart whilst others are perfectly fine. Nature is a cruel and powerful beast!

We are going to be hard at work repairing things over the coming weeks for the beginning of our summer season.

Onwards and upwards.

Unfortunately we’ve had quite a lot of storm damage today in multiple areas around Colstoun and it is unsafe due to buil...
24/01/2025

Unfortunately we’ve had quite a lot of storm damage today in multiple areas around Colstoun and it is unsafe due to building and poly tunnel damage and fallen trees for any tours to be conducted this weekend apologies in advance if you’ve booked in. You should get an email soon to try and rearrange.

Going through the photos taken by  it reminds me that I need to thank  online! His team does an amazing job for so many ...
23/01/2025

Going through the photos taken by it reminds me that I need to thank online! His team does an amazing job for so many of our couples but we feel like there is no greater testimony than using a supplier for your own event. Gary was an amazing support to Joanne and I organising absolutely everything and being so accommodating to our plans! We couldn’t have asked for anything more from our wedding catering team and that is why we recommend Gary to so many couples!

The Coach House set up in September. We’ve been made aware of multiple florists claiming to have made the floral arrange...
21/01/2025

The Coach House set up in September. We’ve been made aware of multiple florists claiming to have made the floral arrangements for our wedding 😅 just to reiterate from the first post they were very kindly arranged by my brother as a wedding gift, that isn’t to say that other florists aren’t amazing, we’ve got a list of brilliant florists that can provide incredible arrangements for your wedding 😍

The Colstoun Walled Garden📷:  The walled garden is the beating heart of Colstoun. In 2024 we improved access to the poly...
20/01/2025

The Colstoun Walled Garden
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The walled garden is the beating heart of Colstoun. In 2024 we improved access to the poly tunnel for all of the months we have weddings by lifting the sides and paving with crazy paving the main arterial path way meaning that even towards the end of October you’ll still have no issue in walking down the path!

September 2024 was my wedding day naturally we chose Colstoun as our venue and we had the amazing  capture some brillian...
19/01/2025

September 2024 was my wedding day naturally we chose Colstoun as our venue and we had the amazing capture some brilliant moments, including our floral arrangements by my big brother Cameron. I’ll be sharing more photos from that weekend over the next few weeks.

The back end of Colstoun Estate at Slateford Strip looking toward the lammermuir hills looking roughly in the direction ...
12/01/2025

The back end of Colstoun Estate at Slateford Strip looking toward the lammermuir hills looking roughly in the direction of the village of Gifford, , and Eaglescairnie. Over the Beugh Burn and the Colstoun Water. The crisp January mornings provide a sort of clarity, there is quite a simple scientific explanation for this as cold air holds less moisture than warm air which results in less haze and a further observable distance, however it is achieved it’s wonderful to look upon the snow topped lammermuir hills glistening.

The garden gates on one of the shortest days of the year. 🍐
20/12/2024

The garden gates on one of the shortest days of the year. 🍐

Last opportunity to purchase  ‘s “The River Painting” prints for Christmas. Just a few editions remain and need to be sp...
17/12/2024

Last opportunity to purchase ‘s “The River Painting” prints for Christmas. Just a few editions remain and need to be spent out asap to ensure arrival before Christmas.

Joe Grieve’s River Painting is part of the Colstoun Arts Collection depicting the Colstoun Water which runs beneath the house has been turned into a limited edition print in a series of 24 by The Art Of Print Edinburgh.

Image size - 26.5cm W x31.7cm H

with 20mm borders and 25mm at bottom giving Paper size 30.5 x 36.2cm
Printed on high quality paper.
work is unframed
shipping in the UK is included in the price however international shipping must be paid for additionally.

Joe Grieve was the first artist that participated in the Colstoun Arts Residency Programme. We collect works by artists that take part in the residency, works collected by Colstoun Arts by permission of the artist are turned into a limited edition print and then sold to members of the general public as an accessible way in which to collect art and as an additional revenue stream for residency artists, profits derived from print sales by Colstoun Arts are returned into the residency programme.

For more information or to purchase a print visit the Colstoun website shop or DM directly on Instagram and we can provide the link.

Another glorious winter sunrise over colstoun
12/12/2024

Another glorious winter sunrise over colstoun

Winter has now arrived. Two consecutive days below zero and some hard frost setting in. Perhaps differently to other wil...
19/11/2024

Winter has now arrived.

Two consecutive days below zero and some hard frost setting in. Perhaps differently to other wild meadows we let ours go completely bonkers with as little human interaction as possible. This means it takes time for the balance to be found. Winter sees the grasses begin to tussock and gaps appear where different bits and bobs start to appear. If you look carefully you can see little spaces where insects and creepy crawlies are finding a warm home. Other meadows that we’ve been developing for a number of years have stronger diversity of flowers and all sorts of flora and fauna and it’s such an adventure to see the meadows develop

Winter is coming 🥶
17/11/2024

Winter is coming 🥶

Reminiscing about summer time today in the midst of autumn 🍂- you can see the length of the wild meadows, the abundance ...
22/10/2024

Reminiscing about summer time today in the midst of autumn 🍂- you can see the length of the wild meadows, the abundance of the walled garden. It was a particularly challenging year with many changes in Scottish and Westminster government legislation making running a rural business that much more challenging. Thanks for everyone who has supported us this year and we look forward to some hard winter work getting ready for 2025.

So wonderful to receive photos from Helena & Jesse’s wedding earlier this year taken by the very talented  I will be sha...
27/08/2024

So wonderful to receive photos from Helena & Jesse’s wedding earlier this year taken by the very talented I will be sharing a few more of her great shots from their big day but for now enjoy these wonderful happy photographs from the garden and coach house

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Welcome to Colstoun House - Scotland’s oldest family home. In 2010 we opened our doors to the public for the first time in 900 years as an exclusive use events and wedding venue. Since then we’ve used the house and grounds to create a truly unique experience.

We follow a simple motto when it comes to any experience at colstoun “Our house, Your home”. We strive to make you feel relaxed and at home. This motto is at the core of every event at Colstoun and we feel it is why we won the 2018 Scottish Rural Award for Hospitality.

Colstoun is also the Ancestral Home of the Broun Family. If you are a Broun or Brown and what to arrange a visit please contact us via the Contact Page

If you would like any more information about Colstoun please email us here.