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A complimentary three-course lunch or dinner with wine tasting at Circa 1876 for the two of you, in the Heritage packageA complimentary dinner at Circa 1876 in the Heritage package

Marry at the fountain, then sleep in the Convent

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The Convent is for you if you...

Want the food to be the point

Circa 1876 has held an Australian Good Food Guide Chef’s Hat in 2024 and 2025. Its chefs write your menu, and the greens come from the kitchen garden outside the door.

Want heritage, not a function centre

Built in 1909 as a Brigidine convent school in Coonamble, moved to the Hunter piece by piece and reopened in 1991. Verandahs, plane trees, a star-shaped fountain and the range behind.

Want your guests steps from the reception, not a bus away

Nineteen rooms and suites on the estate. Add a welcome dinner the night before, high tea platters on the day and a recovery breakfast after.

Want a ceremony with a real plan for rain

White pews in the Circa 1876 gardens or Tiffany chairs lining the aisle to the fountain, and every ceremony site comes with a signing table and a wet-weather alternative.

Real weddings at The Convent

Plane trees, a fountain at dusk, and chandeliers at Circa

A couple kissing on the plane-tree driveway with the Convent behind Reception tables set under the chandeliers at Circa 1876 A Circa 1876 chef picking greens in the kitchen garden A couple from behind on the lawn
A couple walking hand in hand toward the Convent and the fountain A couple walking the garden path with guests following Guests raising glasses along a candlelit table inside Circa 1876 The couple on the autumn-coloured driveway from the air
A bride getting ready with two attendants by a window The Circa 1876 cottage with a table set under the tree A groom dipping the bride on the driveway at dusk The Convent at blue hour, lit windows and the fountain
The Convent facade and its star-shaped fountain
The Convent Fountain

Tiffany chairs down the aisle, the verandahs behind

A ceremony in the forecourt with the fountain and the 1909 facade as the backdrop. Seating for 60, a signing table, and a wet-weather plan.

A table set in the Circa 1876 gardens
The Circa 1876 Gardens

White pews under the trees

The gardens beside the restaurant for the vows, then straight through to canapés. Every ceremony site has an alternate plan for rain.

A window table inside Circa 1876 by day
Circa 1876

Chandeliers and beams, 130 seated or 170 cocktail

The two-hat restaurant in its historic cottage, with the Champagne Lounge and its open fireplace adjoining. The Alfresco room takes 48 seated for smaller weddings.

A canopy bed in a Deluxe Room at the Convent
The rooms

Nineteen rooms and suites on the estate

Superior, Deluxe and Premier rooms and Garden Suites, steps from the reception, with a full weekend package when your guests book them.

The estate

One estate, and all of it in walking distance

The Convent, its fountain forecourt and the plane-tree drive, with Circa 1876 and Pepper Tree Winery beside it and the Brokenback Range behind.

The Convent Hunter Valley from the air at golden hour: the building, the fountain forecourt, the drive and the range
The Convent
The fountain
The Brokenback Range
The drive
The Convent from above88 Halls Road, Pokolbin
A waiter setting a window table inside Circa 1876
From the wedding team

A convent, a kitchen, and the people who run them

The Convent was built in 1909 for the Brigidine nuns in Coonamble, taught children until 1980, and was brought here to Pokolbin and rebuilt under the Brokenback Range. It reopened in 1991 as a hotel, and it has been the scene of proposals and weddings ever since.

What sets a wedding here apart is the kitchen. Circa 1876, in the cottage across the garden, has held a Chef’s Hat two years running, and its chefs write your menu from what the estate’s kitchen garden gives them that season. The wine list is hyper-local, with Pepper Tree Winery next door. A Wedding Coordinator is with you from the first meeting to the day.

Pick a time below and we’ll call you: your date, your numbers, and which of the spaces suits your crowd. Then come and stay a night.

The Convent wedding team
5.0 on Easy Weddings from 16 reviews

What couples say afterwards

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Circa 1876: Australian Good Food Guide Chef’s Hat, 2024 and 2025, twelve points each year. The kitchen that cooks your wedding dinner.
The packages

Why couples choose The Convent

A hatted kitchen cooks your wedding

Menus from the Circa 1876 chefs, seasonal and local, with canapés, a seated dinner and your cake cut and served.

Two ceremony sites, both with a plan for rain

The fountain forecourt or the Circa 1876 gardens, each with seating for 60, a signing table and a wet-weather alternative. Ceremony hire from $1,500.

Nineteen rooms on the estate

Your guests sleep steps from the reception, and a full weekend package follows: a welcome dinner or barbecue, high tea platters, a recovery breakfast.

A Wedding Coordinator from the first meeting

Included in every package, from the run sheet to the day.

A five-hour beverage package

The Heritage package carries a five-hour Classic beverage package from a hyper-local list, with Pepper Tree Winery next door.

Dinner for two at Circa 1876, on the house

A complimentary three-course lunch or dinner with a wine tasting for the two of you, in the Heritage package.

Two hours from Sydney

At 88 Halls Road, Pokolbin, under the Brokenback Range.

Wedding packages, valid to 31 December 2026
From $150 a head

The Wisteria package from $150 a head for up to 40 guests; the Heritage package from $260 with the five-hour beverage package and a seated menu, for up to 170. Minimum spend $20,000 Friday to Sunday and from $12,000 Monday to Thursday. The full kit comes with your availability check.

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How it works

So, what happens next?

1

Book a call

Pick a time below. About 15 minutes: your date, your numbers, and which spaces suit you.

2

The kit and a visit

We confirm the date is free, send the wedding kit with every package priced, and book you a look at the estate and a night in the Convent.

3

Reserve your date

Choose your package and secure the date. Your Wedding Coordinator starts on the plan from there.

4

Your wedding day

The fountain or the gardens, dinner at Circa 1876, and your room a short walk away at the end of it.

Halls Road, Pokolbin

Ready to check your date?

Pick a time below and we’ll call you to check your date and talk through the packages, the spaces and the rooms. No pressure, ever. The wedding team

  • ✓ 5.0 on Easy Weddings from 16 reviews
  • ✓ Packages from $150 a head, ceremony from $1,500
  • ✓ Circa 1876, a Chef’s Hat in 2024 and 2025
  • ✓ Up to 130 seated, 170 cocktail
  • ✓ Nineteen rooms on the estate
  • ✓ Two hours from Sydney

“Our venue was pure perfection in every single way. The food was absolutely stunning and I lost my breath for a second when I saw the venue done up for our wedding day. Their wedding coordinator made our day spectacularly easy.”Kim L., Easy Weddings review

Questions

In case you’re wondering

Circa 1876 seats up to 130, or 170 cocktail style, with the Champagne Lounge adjoining. Circa 1876 Alfresco seats 48 for smaller weddings, and Restaurant Eighty Eight inside the Convent seats 40. Ceremony seating is for up to 60.
The Wisteria package is from $150 a head for up to 40 guests, and the Heritage package from $260 a head for up to 170, with a five-hour Classic beverage package and a seated menu. Ceremony hire is from $1,500. The minimum spend is $20,000 Friday to Sunday and from $12,000 Monday to Thursday. Prices are valid until 31 December 2026; 2027 dates are quoted on enquiry.
In the Circa 1876 gardens with white pews, or at the Convent fountain with Tiffany chairs lining the aisle. Each site comes with a signing table and chairs and a wet-weather alternative.
The chefs at Circa 1876, which has held an Australian Good Food Guide Chef’s Hat in 2024 and 2025. Produce comes from the estate’s kitchen gardens, and the menus are seasonal. Vegetarian and vegan menus have been done for whole weddings.
In the Convent’s nineteen rooms and suites, steps from the reception. When your guests book the accommodation, the weekend can include a welcome dinner or barbecue, high tea platters on the day and a recovery breakfast.
A fully licensed bar with a hyper-local wine list. The Heritage package includes a five-hour Classic beverage package; the Wisteria package serves beverages on consumption.
A ceremony at the fountain or a reception in Restaurant Eighty Eight comes with booking all the accommodation, which gives you the Convent to yourselves. Ask about exclusivity for the other spaces.
Yes, outdoor fire pits are allowed unless a total fire ban is in place, which usually only happens in December and January. Bonfires are not.
About two hours’ drive north of Sydney, at 88 Halls Road, Pokolbin, in the heart of the Hunter Valley.
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