In FocusThe Roseate Reading: A Wedding in Berkshire’s Old Shire HallBerkshire was run from this red brick hall on The Forbury for seventy years. Couples now marry in its old council chamber, with Reading Abbey's ruins across the road.
In FocusPlaisterers’ Hall: The Plasterers’ Own Hall on the Roman WallLondon's plasterers have lost three halls since 1556. Their fourth, opened in 1972, is dressed in their own craft and backs onto the Roman city wall.
In FocusDe Vere Horsley Estate: Marrying Under Lord Lovelace’s Bent Timber RoofThe Earl of Lovelace bent the timbers of his Great Hall with steam in 1847. Couples now marry beneath them, and keep his Surrey mansion and its 28 bedrooms to themselves until morning.
In FocusTorre Collevento: A Fortino Above OrvietoGreta and Giacomo's restored fortino above Orvieto takes one wedding at a time: vows among the olive trees, sixteen guests in the house and a couple's suite cut into the hill.
In FocusUpper House: A Wedding Beneath Church Timbers on Kinder ScoutA gritstone farmhouse on Kinder Scout, remodelled as the Watts family's hunting lodge, where couples marry in a hall panelled with medieval church timbers and take the house for the weekend.
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In Focus: Wedding venues
A wedding venue is more than a beautiful address. These features look at castles, country estates, palazzi, villas and luxury hotels across Britain and the world, considering architecture, heritage and character alongside the possibilities for ceremonies, receptions, accommodation and exclusive celebrations.
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The Roseate Reading: A Wedding in Berkshire’s Old Shire Hall
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Plaisterers’ Hall: The Plasterers’ Own Hall on the Roman Wall
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De Vere Horsley Estate: Marrying Under Lord Lovelace’s Bent Timber Roof
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Torre Collevento: A Fortino Above Orvieto
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Upper House: A Wedding Beneath Church Timbers on Kinder Scout
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The Westin Excelsior Rome: A Via Veneto Wedding on the Old Ludovisi Park
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Gray’s Inn: Marrying in the Hall of The Comedy of Errors
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Birdsall House: A Yorkshire Family Seat That Began With a Wedding
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Leeds Castle: A Kent Wedding in Lady Baillie’s Weekend House
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Cornwell Manor: Weddings in a Cotswold House Remade by Clough Williams-Ellis
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Borthwick Castle: A Wedding in the Keep Mary, Queen of Scots Fled
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Captain’s Club Hotel & Spa: Weddings at the Wick Ferry Landing
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Northcote Manor, Devon: The Listed Manor Above the Tarka Line
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Villa Sofia: A Wedding Weekend in a Brianza Family Home
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Villa Ormaneto: Marrying at a Scaligeri Hunting Lodge near Verona
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Thornbury Castle: A Wedding in the Duke of Buckingham’s Unfinished Palace
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Farbridge, West Sussex: Marry in One Barn, Dine in the Next
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Wasing Park: Weddings in a Chart Publisher’s Berkshire Farmyard
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Manowce Palace: A Doctor’s Villa on the Szczecin Lagoon
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Pentillie Castle: Weddings in Sir James Tillie’s House on the Tamar
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Wedding Cyprus Villas, Paphos: The Architect’s Villas Above Coral Bay
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One Aldwych: A Covent Garden Wedding in the Morning Post’s Offices
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Hotel Cala di Volpe: A Wedding in the Village Couëlle Shaped by Hand
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Lillibrooke Manor: A Berkshire Barn and Its Horse Engine House
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Columbia Beach Resort: John Corbidge’s Painted Chapel on Pissouri Bay
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Ellenborough Park: Vows at Lord Ellenborough’s Indian Memorial
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The Ritz London: A Wedding in the Prime Minister’s House Next Door
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St Audries Park: A Somerset Wedding in the Park That Replaced a Village
Last updated 8 November 2026