Your London Wedding - Jul/Aug 2019 (Issue 66)

26 SWAN, SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE Located on the pedestrianised Bankside, Swan inhabits a pretty brick building with Georgian leaded windows. The entrance on the corner of Bankside and New Globe Walk features a seasonal window display and guests walking past can see chefs busy in the kitchens. With stripped-back, dark wood floors and white panelled walls, The Balcony Room is an elegant and stylish blank canvas for ceremonies and receptions for up to 70 guests. Large French windows open out onto a private balcony with excellent views across the River Thames onto St Paul’s. The Underglobe, meanwhile, can accommodate up to 250 friends and family for the ceremony and 350 for a wedding breakfast and features a life-sized model oak tree at the foot of a sweeping staircase. State-of-the-art lighting is pre-built into the space and guests have access to a private mezzanine for a drinks reception. Ceremony licence? Yes Contact: swanlondon.co.uk | 020 7929 9444 DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY Designed in 1811 by English architect Sir John Soane, Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public gallery and home to some of the finest collections of Old Master paintings. Made up of interlocking galleries, the paintings on display are grouped according to ‘schools’ or reginal styles, hung alongside furniture from when the Gallery was first opened in 1817. Ceremonies take place in the Soane Gallery and Linbury Room. The former, surrounded by an impressive collection of Old Master paintings, accommodates up to 150 guests while the latter – a contemporary and versatile space with sleek white walls – seats some 110 friends and family. Receptions can be held in either or, alternatively, the Gallery Café is available for smaller parties of 50 loved ones or large groups can pitch a marquee in the Gallery Gardens or Meadow. Ceremony licence? Yes Contact: dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk 020 8299 8713 John Carey andWonderhatch emiliewhite.com