When you’re daydreaming about your big day, do you envisage a festival-style wedding complete with tipis and circus tents? How about having a street-food set up serving Turkish Meze, or a 1930s themed wedding with vintage 7” records for table name markers? Enter Canvas & Stone, the new country house collective offering ‘anything goes’ weddings on the grandest of scales.
The wedding industry is worth in excess of £10bn a year and the big trend for 2016 is personalisation - adding personal touches that make your special day stand out for all the right reasons.
Whether you’re looking for a traditional-style wedding with a quirky personal twist or looking to create your theme for an entire country house, Canvas & Stone can make it happen.
Best for TRADITIONAL weddings Iscoyd Park, Shropshire - an award-winning Grade-II* listed Georgian house set within 18th century parkland and gardens, with 14 rooms available either in the main house or in the grounds. This historical family home has been lovingly restored and retains its family feel. The Garden Room has a fully stocked bar, managed by Jamie Stephenson, 5 times world cocktail making champion.
Sleeps 28 adults on site and another 8 in Wolvesacre Cottage, 5 mins away on the estate.
Capacity: up to 130 for a civil ceremony in the Garden Room and 160 seated in marquee plus a maximum of 18 standing. Option to marry in St Mary’s Church on edge of estate.
http://www.canvasandstone.co.uk/venue/iscoyd-park/
Best for RETRO weddings - Pennard House, Somerset - A Grade-II listed 17th Century country manor house in the quiet village of East Pennard, the house has been a welcoming family home for generations and a busy working farm. The newly renovated Coach House is an ideal venue for a private wedding party, while the gardens
boast a Victorian freshwater pool. Enjoy long walks to the nearby Glastonbury Tor followed by delicious dinners in the dining room and total relaxation in the drawing room by the fire.
Capacity: the Coach House is perfect for intimate groups of 50 up to 120, in the evening it sits 150.
Weddings can be held in the 14th century church just beyond the garden, civil services sit 80 in Pennard House or on the licensed Garden Pavilion on the croquet lawn next to the house.
Pennard has 5 bedrooms - one bridal suite and the rest rented out to bride's family
http://www.canvasandstone.co.uk/venue/pennard-house/
Best for LOUD wedding parties - Elmore Court, Gloucestershire - a wonderful Grade II* listed 13th century
country estate at the heart of the Gloucestershire countryside with a purpose-built rammed earth and timber ‘super marquee’, The Gillyflower’ which is totally soundproofed and suitable for big, and thanks to the Funktion One sound system, loud, parties. The discreet but highly controllable digital LED lighting system can change to suit your mood, plus the ‘light shower’ was designed by one of the world’s most respected lighting artists, Bruce Monro.
Capacity: 150 for civil ceremony in the grand hall, 200 seated on long tables in the Gillyflower and 150 on round tables
Sleeps up to 20 in the house - option to organise for Tipis to be arranged
An additional 8 bedrooms plus renovations to outbuildings are set for 2017
http://www.canvasandstone.co.uk/venue/elmore-court/
Best for THEMED weddings - Dewsall Court, Hereford - a Grade-II listed country house set in 12 acres of landscaped gardens and grounds in Herefordshire with the stunning Black Mountains as a backdrop. The house has 10 individually-designed bedrooms, a separate events space with a bar, historic communal areas, and their house team are enthusiastic about special arrangements, from private (or even celebrity) chefs, ‘Great British Safaris’ and more. Take a soak in ‘Big Bertha’ or one of the many luxurious bathtubs for a relaxing recovery day following your fabulous wedding!
Capacity: from 10-140 for wedding ceremony with choice of 6 venues on site, 70 seated + 30 standing at St Michael & All Angels 12th century church at bottom of estate garden. From 14-140 for reception in choice of 3 venues.
Sleeps up to 20 guests onsite.
http://www.canvasandstone.co.uk/venue/dewsall-court/
Best for BIG weddings - Wasing Park, Aldermaston, Berkshire - With 4,000 acres of land and more than 250
years of history, the family-owned Grade II listed Wasing Estate is a collection of 18th century buildings with a total of 26 bedrooms. The house boasts ‘the biggest bed in Berkshire’ in its Hay Loft room, while the Stables Lodge holds 10 bedrooms, and party organisers have the opportunity to add on suites and quirky buildings (Smithy, Granary, Dovecote, Coach House and Pump House).
Capacity: ceremonies from up to 140 in The Garden Room, 140 in Victorian Summerhouse or up to 100 in St Nicolas Church on the estate.
Reception at The Castle Barn up to 150 guests, up to 250 including the terrace
The Old Estate Rooms sleep up to 30, inc. Honeymoon Suite, while the Stables Lodge holds 10 bedrooms, plus quirky the Dovecote sleeps 2, 34 additional guests can stay in The Stables, The Mews and The Pump House, additionally the Home Farmhouse sleeps 12.
Add new comment