Lyde Court Wedding Photography || Hattie + Henry

Lyde Court Wedding Photographer

I remem­ber the first time I was asked to do Lyde Court Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy. It was a few years ago, but I remem­ber clear­ly the excite­ment of dis­cov­er­ing all about the venue, think­ing about all the pho­to­graph­ic pos­si­bil­i­ties that it offered. 

Wed­ding venues with some his­to­ry are fas­ci­nat­ing and Lyde Court has it’s share!

It dates back to the 14th cen­tu­ry with the main stone barn dat­ing from the 17th century.

When you arrive, dri­ving along a twisty-turny lane from the ham­let of Fowey, it’s easy to imag­ine that you’re miles and miles from any­where. Nes­tled amongst rolling Here­ford­shire hills it feels like a rur­al idyll.

How­ev­er, you’re only actu­al­ly 2 miles from Here­ford city centre!

Lyde Court Wedding Ceremonies

In these pho­tographs you can see the main Great Barn, with large Wil­low Lawn in front on it.

Fun­ni­ly enough, none of the wed­ding cer­e­monies I pho­tographed at Lyde Court have tak­en place in this barn. Even though their web­site says that this is where most of them take place! 

The Great Barn can hold 250 seat­ed guests if you have your cer­e­mo­ny there, or lat­er on for the wed­ding break­fast. As you can see from this pho­to­graph, the inside of the barn is just stunning. 

Vault­ed ceil­ing, stone walls, arrow-slit win­dows and wood­en beams,

Plus, it’s got it’s own glit­ter ball for lat­er on!!

If you pre­fer an out­door space, you can get mar­ried on the Wil­low Lawn with the barn as your back drop.

Or, a third choice, and the one that all my cou­ples have cho­sen, is the build­ing that runs along­side the rose garden.

It’s a sort of indoor/outdoor space, con­vert­ed from it’s pre­vi­ous farm­ing use in to a long cov­ered barn ‚that is open along one side. This allows you to look out on to the rose gar­den lawn, hear the birds sing and feel the breeze!

Rea­sons to choose Lyde Court for your wed­ding venue:-

• Set in a beau­ti­ful seclud­ed val­ley but only a cou­ple of miles from Hereford
• Gor­geous 17th cen­tu­ry stone barn for your wed­ding break­fast (and cer­e­mo­ny if you choose)
• Fan­tas­tic as a back­drop to your wed­ding photos!

A Herefordshire Wedding

Lyde Court is actu­al­ly the name of the house on the estate, and it’s here that there is room for morn­ing prep. 

It’s a part of the wed­ding day that I love to pho­to­graph, try­ing to cap­ture all the emo­tion and excite­ment of the build up to the ‘main event’.

Whilst Hat­tie was get­ting ready with her Mum and Brides­maids, Hen­ry and his fam­i­ly arrived to get fin­ish get­ting ready themselves.

It’s great when the flow of a wed­ding allows me to pho­to­graph both sides of the sto­ry like this. I tend to pho­to­graph wed­dings on my own so I can be as incon­spic­u­ous as pos­si­ble. But at wed­dings like this I can still cap­ture two sides of the build­ing up to the ceremony.

As the guests arrive, the prepa­ra­tion is completed.

Lyde Court Wedding Ceremony Photography

Willow Lawn Drinks Reception

Let’s face it, we can nev­er rely on the weath­er can we! It’s some­thing of a nation­al obses­sion for us Brits to dis­cuss what the lat­est fore­cast says. I’m sure that most cou­ples are like me, con­stant­ly check­ing their weath­er app in the run up to the see what it says.

From my point of view as a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er, I don’t nec­es­sar­i­ly want it to be a cloud­less blue sky with full sun. Hot sun tends to send peo­ple into the shade and it can make every­one squint!

Some cloud adds a nice bit of con­trast and can make for real­ly inter­est­ing skies.

But, being a doc­u­men­tary wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er, I just go with what­ev­er is hap­pen­ing and con­cen­trate main­ly on peo­ple watch­ing. Look­ing for all those inter­est­ing moments and inter­ac­tion between wed­ding guests.

A Walk in the Hills at Lyde Court

At some point dur­ing the time after you get mar­ried, it’s real­ly nice to have a bit of time away from your guests, tak­ing a walk some­where, with me dis­creet­ly following!

Now, I don’t stick on cam­ou­flage gear, but I do try to keep a low pro­file and give you some space to enjoy time together.

Wedding Breakfast in the Great Barn at Lyde Court

With a venue like Lyde Court, the recep­tion in the Great Barn is very much a high­light. The inside of the barn is stun­ning and the tables are laid out ban­quet style, which is a real­ly socia­ble way to do it.

Lat­er, as the light starts to fade, they light hun­dreds of can­dles and t‑lights to give a twinkly glow to the barn

Wedding Party Photography at Lyde Court

There’s a stage at the end of the Great Barn which is per­fect if you want to have a band. It also gives a DJ loads of space to set up and put on a great par­ty to see the night out.

OTHER BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

• Whit­bourne Hall Hereford/Worcester Wed­ding Venue
• How Caple Court Hereford
• Crum­ple­bury Organ­ic Farm Wedding
• The Matara Cen­tre Cotswold Wedding

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