Birtsmorton Court Wedding Photography || Hannah + Adam

Wedding Photography at Birtsmorton Court

Some­thing I’ve been mean­ing to write about for aaaaaaages is Birtsmor­ton Court Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy, time to address this faux pas.

My job takes me all over the place, pho­tograph­ing amaz­ing wed­dings at cool venues, with quite a few of them being in Worces­ter­shire. I feel like I real­ly get the inside track on wed­ding venues so have a blog all about Worces­ter­shire Wed­ding Venues. If you’re on the hunt for a venue then check it out!

One that I need to add to that blog is Birtsmor­ton Court, which is a glo­ri­ous venue, a few miles from Malvern. 

Birtsmor­ton Court has a list­ing on Wikipedia, a sure sign of a wed­ding venue hav­ing some history! 

This tells us that it’s a Grade I list­ed for­ti­fied medieval moat­ed manor house, with the manor being men­tioned in the Dooms­day Book. So we’re talk­ing PROPER his­to­ry here!

Take a look at the Wiki page if you want all the low down, but as you can see from the pho­to above, the house itself is a beau­ti­ful moat­ed prop­er­ty with some of it half-timbered.

There are gor­geous gar­dens, a vari­ety of indoor and out­door places for a civ­il wed­ding and, it has it’s own church, right in the grounds!

This is The church of St. Thomas of Can­ter­bury with St. Peter & St. Paul (bit of a mouth­ful!) and is lit­er­al­ly a two minute walk from the house.

Rea­sons to choose Birtsmor­ton Court for your wed­ding venue:-

• Indoor and out­door civ­il wed­ding options plus it’s own church
• Glo­ri­ous gar­dens and grounds
• New­ly built space for your wed­ding break­fast called The Linney

Getting Ready

Most of the time at wed­dings I work by myself, bet­ter able to blend in, to be the ‘Nin­ja Wed­ding Photographer’.

But this does­n’t mean that I can’t be in two places at the same time.

Well, okay, I can’t actu­al­ly do that! 😆

How­ev­er, if logis­tics allow I can still cap­ture two lots of get­ting ready, mov­ing between the two sides of the wedding.

This was one of those times.

Adam was get­ting ready, and hav­ing a drink, at a pub just a few min­utes from Birtsmor­ton Court. So hav­ing start­ed my day with Han­nah, who was doing ini­tial prep at a local hotel, I called in to see the boys.

Then on to the venue where Han­nah and her brides­maids were now ensconced, fin­ish­ing off their prep. 

Wedding Ceremony at Birtsmorton Court

So I men­tioned the choice of places at Birtsmor­ton Court for you to have your wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny. One of them is out­doors in the gor­geous walled White Garden.

That’s where Han­nah & Adam were hop­ing to have their wed­ding ceremony.

Sad­ly, the weath­er was­n’t look­ing too promis­ing, so the reg­is­trars said it had to move indoors.

How­ev­er, when you indoor option looks like this, that’s real­ly not too bad!

This is The Great Hall, at the cen­tre of the Manor House with parts dat­ing back to the 13th cen­tu­ry. There are tapes­tries hang­ing from the wall which ooze his­to­ry. It’s a beau­ti­ful space for your indoor ceremony.

One of the quirks of the lay­out, is that there is a door­way (just under­neath the tapes­try) which leads to bot­tom of a flight of stairs. Down which, the Bride was com­ing, allow­ing me to get this shot.

This is an image that I real­ly like, jux­ta­pos­ing the antic­i­pa­tion of the cou­ple. Unable to see each, but we, as the view­er can see both of them.

I men­tioned ear­li­er that the planned out­door cer­e­mo­ny was moved indoors because of the chance of rain.

For the first few min­utes of the cer­e­mo­ny the sun shone and you could per­haps sense a tinge of dis­ap­point­ment that it was­n’t al fres­co, as hoped.

But then…

Just after the exchange of rings.

There was the loud­est clap of thun­der I’ve ever heard, prompt­ing this reac­tion from the Bride.

What fol­lowed was 10 min­utes of tor­ren­tial rain, prov­ing that it had been the right deci­sion to move the wed­ding indoors! But after that, we had glo­ri­ous sunshine.

Drinks Reception at Birtsmorton Court

After the cer­e­mo­ny it was out on to the ter­race in front of the manor house, over­look­ing the moat.

Han­nah has the most won­der­ful rela­tion­ship with her sis­ter, which is evi­dent in a few of the pho­tographs. This is the kind of obser­va­tion­al pho­tog­ra­phy that I love. Watch­ing peo­ple to cap­ture their rela­tion­ships, doc­u­men­tary wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy.

Then, a walk into the grounds for con­fet­ti before a change for the new­ly­weds to have a wander.

Wedding Breakfast and Party

In 2023 Birtsmor­ton Court have com­plet­ed a new area for your recep­tion called The Lin­ney. It’s an oak beam frame cov­ered with a can­vas roof and Cotswold stone floor. Look­ing out over the Court­yard Gar­den it’s a great addi­tion to the venue.

These images were tak­en pri­or to the The Lin­ney being built.

OTHER BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

• Lyde Court, Here­ford Wedding
• Deer Park Hall Wedding
• Barns & Yard Wedding

If you’re look­ing for Birtsmor­ton Court Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy then please drop me a line. Let me know all the juicy details about your day and we can have a chat.