Your Surrey Wedding - Feb/Mar 2019 (Issue 75)

Hidden away within 70 acres of picturesque parkland, Horsley Estate is the perfect place to spend a romantic wedding day. The venue dates back to 1820 and is the ancestral residence of the Lovelace family and home to a long line of notable thinkers. Today, the charming venue provides the perfect setting the intimate grounds, lake and cloisters, with a hidden secret ornate chapel, provide a unique backdrop for some truly memorable photographs. With full exclusive-use of the Towers couples have a choice of three function rooms for the civil ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception along with 28 beautiful, newly refurbished en suite bedrooms – the beauty of having everything under one roof. The Sopwith is an elegantly designed room that can hold up to 120 ceremony and evening guests. It opens up on to the front of house terrace and croquet lawn ideal for barbecues and evening entertainment. Whilst the atmospheric oak-panelled Great Hall, with an orchestral gallery and decorated with 150 coats of arms, can seat up to 110 for nuptials and looks stunning with twinkling candles or swathed in shafts of summer sunlight. It seats 110 guests for a sit-down meal and up to 200 for an evening reception. The Charles Barry is the perfect room for smaller, more intimate ceremonies and wedding breakfasts. It is also the perfect evening reception room as this links on to the private Towers Bar. This naturally light room with it’s original 18 th -century fireplace can seat up to 40 for a ceremony or wedding breakfast and up to 120 for an evening do. When tying the knot here couples have the choice of two stunning Bridal Suites for the night of the wedding, a certified Toastmaster, use of ceremonial knife and sterling silver cake stand, Red Carpet arrival, Menu Tasting for the bride- and groom-to-be before the big day and complimentary bed, breakfast and evening meal stay at Horsley Towers for your first wedding anniversary. For couples searching for a Surrey wedding venue steeped in history, look no further than Botleys Mansion. Set amongst 56 acres of rolling Surrey parkland, this grand, Palladian country house, owned and managed by Bijou Weddings, is impressive from the moment you drive through the double gates and up the sweeping approach. Having undergone an extensive refurbishment in the mid-90s, Botleys Mansion was further adapted in 2009 to become the fourth wedding venue in the Bijou Collection and with the addition of 12 bedrooms, it became a prime location to host a wedding on an exclusive-use basis for 24-hours. Botleys Mansion can host wedding ceremonies in the glamorous Green Room for up to 131 guests or in the elegant, chandelier-lit, glass-roofed Atrium for lager guest numbers of up to 250. If you choose to get married in a church, the Bijou team will be prepared to welcome your arrival with celebratory refreshments. Enjoy the grounds, gardens and ambience of the beautifully restored mansion before heading back down to the Atrium for a wonderful, multi-course banquet prepared by a brigade of in-house chefs. Ahead of weddings in this historic mansion house, couples will be invited to taste a selection of popular dishes, so they can choose the ultimate wedding day menu for their guests. After speeches and the cutting of the cake, the party really starts. Drinking, dancing and celebrating (for up to 500 evening guests) can be enjoyed throughout the night, before drifting up to one of 12 beautifully appointed guest suites. The expert catering team, dedicated wedding planning team and proprietary online wedding planner will ensure that wedding celebrations at Botleys Mansion are none other than perfect. BOTLEYS MANSION 0345 130 9966 | botleysmansion.co.uk DE VERE HORSLEY ESTATE 01483 286 599 | devere.com/de-vere/horsley-estate 36