Wend your way there through leafy roads and lanes which twist and turns delightfully. You will find the hotel perched atop a hill in the pretty Cotswolds village of Painswick. I love how the hotel has the same name as the village in which it’s situated.

Here is the lowdown all about The Painswick Hotel; An exclusive use Cotswolds Wedding Venue

Why do I love The Painswick Wedding?

Our visit was just before Christmas, and the hotel was overflowing with character and charm, featuring wood panelling and cosy relaxing spaces in front of fireplaces with dancing flames.

Here is the perfect place to spend a lovely weekend exploring the countryside and taking long walks, enjoying a gorgeous afternoon tea with your besties.
Or taking it over for the weekend and making it your exclusive use venue for your wedding celebrations. Although the skies were grey and not a ray of sun shine in sight, the warmth of the greeting from all the staff certainly made up for it. They are attentive and caring, are experts in their fields and there is nothing they would not do to ensure your comfort during your stay and to ensure your celebrations are a success.

 

What’s special about weddings at The Painswick

The venue take over is the best! Couples often say their wedding day ends too quickly, At the Painswick, your day can last several days as you have the option to take over the venue for the weekend. Your guests can stay onsite in the 17 gorgeously decorated rooms or stay locally.

As an exclusive use Cotswolds wedding venue, The Painswick can host 2 weddings a month. You take over the hotel to have the exclusive use of this beautiful little gem of a Cotswolds wedding venue. Your wedding party can enjoy the delights of the 17 rooms available to them, It becomes your home from home where the staff look after your every needs and make sure you, your family and friends spend the time laughing hugging, making fabulous memories and leave wanting to come back again and again.  

What ceremony and reception spaces are available at this venue?

Should you choose The Painswick to host your wedding celebrations, you have the choice of an outdoor ceremony in the beautiful grounds with drinks and canapés on the enclosed manicured lawn afterwards.

You can choose the indoor options where you can say your beautiful “I Do’s” and be surrounded by gorgeous period panelling and high ceilings.

As you have exclusive use of The Painswick wedding venue, whatever you choose, you and your guests have the run of the hotel with use of the games room for a friendly bout of snooker or pool and the lovely comfy salons to relax, relive delicious memories and make a ton of new ones.

While you are in the area, take the opportunity to explore a bit. Visit the Rococo Gardens which is only 5 minutes away, Discover the pretty village of Painswick, enjoy a few energetic walks then come back to the hotel for a well earned treat.

What type of couple will love The Painswick?

I love this venue for couples who want an exclusive experience and love the countryside. And who want to prolong the joy of their wedding celebrations.

Any insider tips for weddings at The Painswick

I would love to see a vintage themed wedding at The Painswick. It would be an amazing venue to host a vintage themes wedding. With its high ceilings beautiful panelling and numerous fireplaces, something like a Gatsby themed wedding would be perfect there. The decor in the bar area is just picture perfect.

The Painswick Hotel: Wedding Costs?

Prices start from £16,000 for a 24-hour midweek wedding or from £33,000 for a 48-hour weekend wedding. This includes, the hire of the 17 bedrooms, food and drink and the venue hire fee.  

Catering Options  

The Painswick are recipients of a good award and are only too happy to tempt you with their gastronomic delights. Couples have the advantage of creating a bespoke menu for their celebrations.

What you can do in the area?

While you are in the area, take the opportunity to explore a bit. Visit the Painswick Rococo Gardens which is only 5 minutes away. Designed in the 1740s, it’s the only Rococo Garden in the country so well worth a visit of discovery.
If walking is your thing then discover the pretty village of Painswick, enjoy a few energetic walks then come back to the hotel for a well-earned treat.  
The hilly countryside and lanes are perfect for the armature cyclist who likes to be challenged.
You can also try your hand at clay pigeon shooting or take a tour in the family owned Woodchester Valley, a boutique vineyard and winery, it’s located just down the road from The Painswick, in the Stroud valley.

And the Facts

• Address : The Painswick, Kemps Lane, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6YB
• Phone : 01452 813688  
• Website : The Painswick
• Capacity : The Painswick can host 80 day guests and 90 for your evening celebrations
• What’s Included : As an exclusive venue, you have the run of the place to celebrate to your hearts content.

A huge thank you to Lisa of Ampersand Memories Photography for these fabulous photographs.

And an equally big thank you to the cute little Robin who came over to say hello.

Are you looking for your in-house wedding florist and venue stylist, visit our wedding collections where you will find a selection of packages for your wedding flowers and venue styling, you are sure to find one that suits your style, personality and venue.

Let’s work together to you create your beautifully, unforgettable wedding celebrations.

It will be our pleasure and privilege to be your ‘interior designer’ for your wedding day.

Visit the The Painswick, a true gem of the Costwolds and enjoy the delights they have to offer.

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A summer wedding for Sue and Steve at the Crown at Ampney Brook . The couple chose their venue as they loved the laid-back, relaxed feel of this wedding venue. Further, the location was ideal for their celebration. It boasted ample inside space to celebrate and enough outdoor space with a beautiful little bridge for those fabulous photos.

I met Sue and her sister Tracey, at The Crown and the three of us hit it off at once. We explored ideas, shared inspirations and discussed colours, fabrics, décor, centrepieces and flowers for the wedding party. In fact we had a glorious time chatting everything weddings – so much so the coffee got cold! And we all went away with homework to do. Me to create the proposal for the venue decor and wedding florals and Sue to make decisions on colours etc.

But, before the wedding could happen the venue closed for extensive renovations. After much thought, Sue and Steve put their plans on hold and decided to wait for it to reopen.

As it turned out, that was the best decision they could have made. For the transformation from the original décor of the hotel to its refurbished look was a breathtakingly beautiful one. Indeed nothing remained of the ‘before’. The flooring was new as were the walls and ceilings, bridal suites and guest rooms. Everything was stone and wood with gorgeous details everywhere.

The Wedding Day

Sue stunned her groom in her full length lace bridal gown. While Steve cut a handsome dash in a blue three-piece-suit with light blue tie. The bridesmaids wore dresses with a subtle baby blue chiffon skirt and silver sequinned bodice.

It so happened that the summer of 2022 was the hottest on record for decades. Not a cloud in sight to spoil these visions of loveliness.

The Fabulous Functions team arrived at The Crown at Ampney Brook and installed the white draping around the bar so it wasn’t a feature in the ceremony and wouldn’t appear in the photos.
We removed it after the ceremony to allow the serving of drinks. Then we placed lanterns in the aisle to the ceremony table and a gorgeous long low arrangement on the registry table.

The Table Décor

The lovely rustic trestle tables we arranged in a banquet style setting with four rows and guests setting on both sides of the rows. This style of setting works well in this venue and created a convivial setting for a summer wedding.

We used ruched chiffon runners along the length of the tables. And we then set in place small glass vases with arrangements of fabulous fresh flowers in Sue and Steve’s colour palette of blush pinks, blues and creams.

Next we placed clear glass candle holders and elegant tapered candles along the centre of the tables in-between the floral arrangements. We also added loads of clear glass tealights holders and tealights. There were multi levels of details and interest along the length of the tables.

Sue also chose us to create her wedding florals. It was such an honour that she entrusted us with both décor and wedding florals. But it helped us ensure that the flowers used for both the wedding florals and centrepieces complemented each other.

Personal Touches

We loved the personal touches created by Sue’s sister Tracey, who made the delicious wedding cake. And Sue had a charm made with photos of both her and Steve’s Mums to add to her bridal bouquet.

The Flowers

Sue had selected a romantic blend of blush pinks, subtle baby blues and creams. So a beautiful bouquet filled with hydrangeas, roses, nigellas, lisianthus, thistles and a whole host of other beauties was the order of the day.

While we’re talking about bridal bouquets why not check out our blog about the bridal bouquet?

The table arrangements also featured these flowers and were all so very different in their design and composition. The mix added to the details for each table. The aim of course being to create a beautiful sight to delight the eyes add lift the heart.

Sue and Steve placed in us great faith to create for them a magical place for a summer wedding. One where they’d make their commitment to each other, make beautiful memories and celebrate with their nearest and dearest.

Thank you so much Sue and Steve for entrusting a summer wedding vision to us. We wish you a long life together filled with much happiness and sunshine.

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About Your Dress

Find your dress before you make any major decisions about the bridal bouquet. Consider the style and shape of your dress. Your bouquet should complement your silhouette, not hide you or make you look and feel off-balanced.

The Style of the Bridal Bouquet

Here’s another conundrum! There are a multitude of bouquet styles to choose from. Consider the following:

Cascade Bouquet

This style of bouquet comprises flowers and greenery and resembles a waterfall of flowers cascading towards the floor. They’re impressive for sure. But something to consider is their weight, the bigger they are the heavier they are. But don’t worry, if it gets too heavy for you hand it to your partner and share the load. Sharing is caring as the saying goes!
It would be a great addition to your album to get a photo of this. Cue one for the photographers!

The Hand-Tied Bouquet

They look like you’ve just gathered the blooms from the garden. The stems are left exposed and depending on the theme, the bouquet is tied with ribbon or twine. You can have ribbons of different lengths trailing down. They are often caught by the wind and can add a whimsical touch to your photographs.

Round Bouquets

In this bridal bouquet the blooms are arranged in a tighter shape, you could consider using just one type of flower to create this type of bouquet, or one colour tone.

Asymmetrical Bouquets

Quirky and unusual this type of bouquet favours the unstructured look, overflowing with blooms and foliage of different lengths and sizes. Usually one side is higher that the other and you can use large showy blooms and interestingly shaped foliage.

What’s In Your Bouquet?

This is an interesting one!

You don’t have to use fresh flowers and foliage. You can incorporate brooches, grasses, crystals and pearls. Paper, felt, silk flowers, dried seeds and other dried elements. Then there’s feathers, family heirlooms, a bouquet charm of a loved one to consider using. The list is endless.

The Colour of the Bouquet

This is where you might want to pull the covers over your head and pretend you don’t need to decide on the colour of your bouquet.

Think about the colour of your dress and the colour of your bridesmaid’s dresses. Are you favouring a single colour or do you have a colour scheme you want to use? Are you thinking of wild colours or of a mono colour bouquet?

The good news is there is no right or wrong answer. It’s all about what feels right for you.

Take our advice and chat with your florist. They’ll offer invaluable advice on creating the perfect bouquet for you. They will offer advice on flower combinations, seasonal availability, colour and style of your bouquet. And the size and weight of your bouquet that is right for you.
Before you do anything why not check out our wedding flowers packages?

Do let us know if this post has stirred up more questions. We’re happy to help. You can find all our contact information here.

Further on this topic check out our blog about wedding flowers – including bouquets and buttonholes. And if you’re thinking of breaking with tradition then give this one about tossing the bouquet – or not – a read.

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