Historic Guise family house and eco events hall near Gloucester
Elmore Court is a historic country house near Gloucester, held by the Guise family since 1262, with an eco-built events hall, sixteen bedrooms and exclusive use of the estate.
Elmore Court is a historic country house near Gloucester, off the A38 and close to junction 12 of the M5. The Guise family has held the estate since 1262, when it was granted for a yearly rent of one gillyflower. Inside are painted rooms hung with portraits and tapestries and a great Hall, and the gardens and parkland are being gradually rewilded, with meadows and woodland returning and the house heated by biomass from its own trees.
Weddings take the whole estate on exclusive use. Vows are made in the Hall of the house or in the Gillyflower, a purpose-built events hall named after that ancient rent. It has a living roof and a timber lining, and holds parties from around 60 up to 200 or more. The kitchen cooks estate-grown and local produce, and couples may bring their own caterers instead. Sixteen bedrooms in the main house, a Coach House and woodland treehouses keep the wedding party together. Bristol Airport is around an hour away by road.
Elmore Court
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Elmore Court has belonged to the Guise family since 1262, when the land was granted for a yearly rent of one gillyflower. The present owner, Anselm Guise, now opens the house for weddings. Painted rooms hung with portraits and tapestries, a great Hall and gardens running out into parkland make up the setting.
Beside the house stands the Gillyflower, an events hall built for the purpose with a living roof and a warm timber lining. It was designed so that a lively party can carry on late without disturbing neighbours, with a serious sound system and room to dance. It takes gatherings from around 60 guests up to 200 or more.
The kitchen works with fresh, seasonal produce, much of it grown by the estate's own gardeners, from bespoke wedding breakfasts to relaxed feasts. The cellar offers wine at merchant prices, and couples who would rather bring their own caterers may do so.
Meadows, woodland and wilder ground are replacing lawns across the estate, and the house is heated by biomass from its own woods. The party stays on site in the main house, the Coach House and the treehouses, so the wedding becomes a weekend.
A house the Guise family has held for 750 years, granted for the yearly rent of a single gillyflower.
The HouseAn eco-built events hall with a living roof, for a vibrant party from around 60 up to 200 or more.
The Hall
Meadows, woodland and treehouses across an estate being returned to the wild, heated by its own woods.
The EstateFresh, seasonal food grown on the estate and cooked in-house, or bring your own caterers.
The Table
Sixteen individual bedrooms across the main house, each with its own character, from panelled rooms with leaded windows to boldly painted rooms hung with portraits, so the wedding party wakes together under one roof.
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A two-bedroom Coach House, with a sofa bed in the sitting room on the estate, a private base for the couple or close family the night before the wedding, with the whole estate quiet all around.
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Timber treehouses raised among the trees of the rewilding estate, a quiet, characterful place to stay in the woods, part of Elmore's wilder, greener side.
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The house, the Gillyflower and the whole estate.
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Elmore Court sits in the countryside near Gloucester, off the A38 and a short drive from the M5 at junction 12, so it is grand and secluded yet genuinely easy to reach. Bristol Airport is around an hour away, and the Cotswolds, the Forest of Dean and the Severn are all close by, so guests reach a peaceful estate with plenty to explore around the wedding.
Elmore Court, Elmore, Gloucestershire, GL2 3NT, England
Gloucester (Great Western Railway) is the nearest station, about 3.9 miles from the venue in a straight line.
Exclusive use of the house, the Gillyflower and the whole estate
A ceremony in the Hall of the house or in the Gillyflower
The Gillyflower for the party, from around 60 up to 200 or more guests
In-house chefs cooking estate-grown and local produce, or your own caterers
Sixteen bedrooms in the main house, a Coach House and woodland treehouses
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In the countryside at Elmore, near Gloucester, off the A38 and a short drive from the M5 at junction 12. Bristol Airport is about an hour away, and the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean are close.
Yes. The historic house, the Gillyflower and the whole estate are yours for the wedding, with no other event alongside.
A purpose-built, eco-minded events hall with a living roof, named after the single gillyflower paid as the estate's yearly rent. It is lined in timber and holds parties from around 60 guests up to 200 or more.
In the Hall of the historic house, or in the Gillyflower. The house and gardens are available for outdoor vows and photographs.
Yes. The estate's chefs cook fresh seasonal food, much of it grown on the estate, but you may bring in your own caterers if you prefer.
Yes. There are 16 bedrooms in the main house, a two-bedroom Coach House with a sofa bed in the sitting room, and timber treehouses among the trees.
Exclusive hire starts from £5,000, with the figure moving with the day of the week and the season.
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