Gorcott Hall Wedding Photography || Victoria + Liam

Gorcott Hall Wedding Photographer

Some things are so good they’re worth doing twice right? 

That’s what hap­pened with Vic­to­ria & Liam. 

I was able to do Worces­ter­shire Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy for them not once, but twice. 

The sec­ond time being a wed­ding bless­ing at Gor­cott Hall (hence this blog!)

Hmm, you might be think­ing. Prey tell us Nick, how on earth did that happen??

Well, do you remem­ber when the world went mad for a while, when noth­ing seemed nor­mal. You know, COVID!

It was a strange time was­n’t it, that affect­ed all sorts of indus­tries with wed­dings being one of the most affected.

Vic­to­ria and Liam planned to get mar­ried right in the mid­dle of all that chaos and you know what, they did!!

They were able to have a guest-restrict­ed, social­ly dis­tanced wed­ding, because they REALLY want­ed to tie the knot. I was able to be there to pho­to­graph their legal cer­e­mo­ny, at Worces­ter Coun­ty Hall, albeit not able to actu­al­ly be in the room!

Then, a lit­tle while lat­er, they did it all over again at Gor­cott Hall!

A Gorcott Hall Wedding

So, wed­ding No. 2 was towards the end of covid restric­tions, things were almost back to nor­mal and they chose the fab­u­lous Gor­cott Hall for their ‘prop­er’ wedding. 

I’m lucky that I’ve been able to do Gor­cott Hall Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy quite a few times now. In fact anoth­er wed­ding that I shot there is fea­tured on their web­site!

My expe­ri­ence at the venue means it’s some­where I know pret­ty well and I think the his­to­ry of the hall is fascinating. 

At the heart of the prop­er­ty is a 16th Cen­tu­ry, Tudor Hall which is Grade II list­ed, and you can under­stand why! It’s got some beau­ti­ful half-tim­bered exte­ri­or walls paired with red brick, and it looks just beautiful.

A pre­vi­ous vis­i­tor to the Hall was Eliz­a­beth I in the ear­ly 1560s, so it has an illus­tri­ous past!

Perfect for Garden Games

Here we see the hall from a dif­fer­ent angle and you can the ter­race, which has a REALLY cool con­cealed out­side bar! On the lawn below the ter­race are loads of gar­den games, which Vic­to­ria & Liam hired from Fetestall.

They do the best selec­tion of gar­den games that I’ve ever come across so well worth check­ing out. If you’re think­ing of hav­ing some sort of enter­tain­ment for your guests either dur­ing the drinks recep­tion or after the food, then I’ve got a blog or you! It’s got over 70 dif­fer­ent ideas for ways to keep every­one enter­tained, I’m sure you’ll find some­thing you like! 

As a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er, it’s great when cou­ples add ele­ments like this to their day. Things which enter­tain and engage your guests are per­fect for a pho­tog­ra­ph­er as they’re less like­ly to notice that I’m there!

Com­ing back to the venue, to the left of the hall is the 19th cen­tu­ry barn, which is where you’ll prob­a­bly have your wed­ding breakfast.

They also have a suite for one of you to get ready, plus rooms in the con­vert­ed sta­ble block. So lots of places for Gor­cott Hall Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy of the preparations!

Vic­to­ria was the one get­ting ready at Gor­cott Hall, with her sis­ters and Mum there. It’s exact­ly the kind of chilled, relaxed atmos­phere which is great for a pho­tog­ra­ph­er. Every­one enjoy­ing the time togeth­er, the antic­i­pa­tion build­ing for the main event lat­er on. 

Gorcott Hall Wedding Ceremony

Depend­ing upon the size of your wed­ding, you’ve got choic­es for the cer­e­mo­ny at Gor­cott Hall. For an indoor cer­e­mo­ny you have the choice of the Hall for a more inti­mate wed­ding or the barn for up to 110.

Or, if you want a church wed­ding, then not far away is the Church of the Ascen­sion, Map­ple­bor­ough Green. 

That’s where Vic­to­ria & Liam chose to go, for a reli­gious blessing.

As they were already legal­ly mar­ried, the cou­ple decid­ed to see each oth­er before­hand. Then they walked into the church togeth­er, hand in hand.

Then, it was time to head back over the road for some Gor­cott Hall Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy at the reception!

Gorcott Hall Wedding Reception

I men­tioned the hid­den bar on the ter­race, and you can just about see it in this pho­to. They wheel out the bar counter, which is cov­ered in green, then open up a cup­board door in the exte­ri­or wall

Hey presto, a bar!

As you can see from these pho­tos, the gar­den games went down a treat

Wedding Breakfast in the Brick Barn

Then, time to go into the barn for food and speeches.

I men­tioned at the start of this blog that wed­ding No. 2 was things were almost back to normal. 

About the only thing that was­n’t allowed was indoor danc­ing. But they had a band booked, so what to do??

Dance out­side of course!!

Outdoor Dance Floor at Gorcott Hall

Then, to fin­ish off my day of Gor­cott Hall Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy, we had sparklers!

Rea­sons to choose Gor­cott Hall for your wed­ding venue:-

• The glo­ri­ous 16th Cen­tu­ry Tudor Hall
• Looked after incred­i­bly well by the own­ers Allie and Mark
• 14 acres of land includ­ing their own lake

OTHER BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

• Worces­ter­shire Wed­ding Venues
• Wethele Manor Wed­ding Photography
• Avon­croft Muse­um Wedding

If you’re look­ing for a Gor­cott Hall Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­ph­er, (or for any­where else), then please get in touch. I’d love to have a chat!