An Intimate Wedding Ceremony at Gloucestershire Wedding Venue - Pauntley Court
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Image by Siobhan Beales Photography
For your country house weekend wedding; are you planning on having an intimate outdoor ceremony with your closest family and friends? Pauntley Court Wedding Venue, situated on the edge of the Cotswolds, has the most magical and romantic of outdoor garden spaces to choose from for your private and personal civil or celebrant-led ceremony, within its glorious formal gardens.
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From the Sunken Garden with its clipped yew and box hedges to the Italian inspired courtyard, or the leafy glade of the quince orchard to the lavender scented walled garden, you can make one of these unique garden rooms part of your very own love story to share with your nearest and dearest on your wedding day.
Image by Patrick Partridge Photography
Elle and James chose to marry between the enchanting and embracing quince trees, overlooking the rolling Gloucestershire countryside. Guests enjoyed gentle, romantic classical music from Capriccio Quartet while gazing out down to the Cornmill and lake and endless countryside beyond.
Image by Siobhan Bales Photography
The Sunken Garden, with its ornamental pond and clipped yew, patterned box hedging Elizabethan oak trellis and four Medlar trees – gives a truly elegant and unique setting for the Elopement Wedding ceremony of up to 8 people.
Images by Patrick Partridge Photography Florals by Bride and Bloom
For the slightly larger numbers of up to 40, why not decide to marry on the quintessentially English ceremony lawn, with the backdrop of the pinkish terracotta Elizabethan wing and the elegant arch and Greek statue, resting amongst the floral abundance of the large herbaceous border.
Image by David Liebst Photography
If the skies decide to change on your wedding day, your wonderful wedding coordinator will work with plan B and we can move you under the fantastic canopy of the stretch tent where views into the gardens and out through the hornbeam arches are still mesmorizing and truly beautiful.
Image by Tom Durn Photography
However, should there be a downpour, the Pauntley Court’s indoor licensed spaces within the gorgeous main house are just as atmospheric and full of character.
The light-filled and elegant ballroom is the most sumptuous and grand yet intimate room for your civil ceremony, with its soft colours, glittering chandeliers and views out of the huge windows to the yew gardens.
Image by David Liebst Photography
Finally, for up to 20 people, why not exchange vows in front of the large open fire in the cosy and atmospheric Panelled room. Luxurious and opulent, with the rich and warm fabrics and furnishings, this indoor civil ceremony for an intimate affair, will wow your guests at this one-of-a-kind country house.
Image by David Liebst Photography
With a choice of eight ceremony spaces, at this private and exclusive-use wedding venue, you will be able to make your wedding ceremony truly unique and bespoke to you.
‘Grand in design, intimate in nature’. Pauntley Court is the perfect country house venue for your big day!
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Long story short - if you are making a wedding venue decision, look no further.
I waited 6 months before leaving a review to make sure im not just riding on high emotions after the wedding. But truthfully, all the high emotions are still there because this place was so perfect. We fell in love with Pauntley Court at first sight even though we visited during a gloomy rainy afternoon in December. Not even for a second at any point it felt like a commercial “venue”, it has a soul that you can feel as soon as you step on the grounds.
Our guests travelled from all over the world and Pauntley Court was so perfect to show them the English experience. Everyone was so impressed by the house, rooms and the beautiful gardens.
Melissa was so incredibly kind in every way since the moment we met her the first time. Absolutely nothing felt like too much to ask for neither during preparation nor on the day.
We had the wedding day exactly the way we wanted, absolutely everything could be done like we imagined - from choosing the ceremony space among multiple options to arranging dinner the night before. The most magical time however happened after the wedding when guests staying in the house gathered in the kitchen having tea and leftover cake, you can’t create a core memory like this in most of other wedding venues.
Another highlight was the amazing Rachel. At first I didn’t fully believe the reviews about how great she was, and I admittedly was quite skeptical if one person would be able to manage everything we wanted. And how wrong I was to ever doubt! Rachel ran the show so seamlessly and impeccable as if there was a team of 10. Our guests loved her as much as we did.
We can’t wait to go back to Pauntley for our anniversary. Thank you Melissa and all the team for making memories of a lifetime for us!