THE MANSON BARN

The perfect venue in the Eastern Townships for wedding receptions and reunions of all sorts

The MANSON BARN

Come celebrate with us!

The perfect venue for reunions, anniversaries, wedding receptions, and parties of all sorts. Dancing, live music, barbecues & good times! 

Renowned for their Scottish stone wall construction, Neil Manson and his son Corey have made their mark on the Eastern Townships with their beautiful stoneworks.

Take a virtual "walk-in" tour of the inside of our Barn !

VIRTUAL VISIT

See our floor plans for a better view of our barn

See plans

WEDDING RECEPTIONS

Our barn and location has everything you'll need to make your perfect day even better. Beautiful scenery and surroundings, attentive staff and dedicated personnel

FAMILY GATHERINGS

Ideal place for capturing those precious family moments. Either ​baptisms, children's parties, communions, baby showers, bar mitzvahs, or any type of anniversary

CORPORATE EVENTS

Need a nice place for your business meetings, events or gatherings? Stop looking because we've got you covered. Let us know how we can accommodate you

Love at first sight

The barn was originally built in 1889 at Knowlton's Landing. Its exact origins (builders, dates etc) are undocumented but it was remained in the Jones family for 122 years until Neil Manson purchased it from Lawrence Jones and moved it to Austin in 2008-2012.This a high-drive barn, in which the horses would pull their load of hay up the barn bridge and then unload it into the hay mows from a second s​tory. It was featured in Louise Abbott's book on Barns of the Eastern Townships, "The Heart of the Farm".

Louise also featured the barn opening in her website "rural route communications". The inaugural party celebrating the opening of the barn was held on September 8 and was the scene of around 150 happy folk feasting on beans and pulled pork and smoked turkey. The party was also featured in the Sherbrooke Record Sept 11, 2012 in Mable Hastings article "After the resurrection comes the celebration".

How it was done

The project was greatly facilitated by the use of the crane of Stephane Côté. This made it possible to move entire sections of the frame as units. The History slideshow illustrates many of the steps in the project. Removing the roof, the siding, then moving the walls by flatbed (very early in the morning). The distance moved was about 6-8 miles. Once at the site in Austin, the frame was re-assembled on a new foundation, again making use of the crane.

Each section of the structure was resurrected and connected together. Finally, the siding and roofing were put on. A new weathervane was made, as Lawrence Jones, the former owner of the barn would not part with the old one depicting a dairy cow. The new flooring was planed using a planer attached to the tractor. Finally, new siding of freshly split cedar shakes was put on the outside to give a really new and clean appearance.

We're in the books !

In the spring of 2019, Homestead published a special called "Country Barn Wedding" and we have a nice 12 pages spread that talks about us. Also a 6 pager in Ricardo's magazine. It is so wonderful to be recognized by two major magazines :) 

VIEW OUR AVAILABILITIES

The Manson Barn

4 Fisher Road, Austin Quebec J0B 1B0

 +1 (819) 572-1940  +1 (819) 571-8052

 ​​info@grange-manson-barn.com

The barn is open from May 1st until the end of October

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