Barns & Yard Wedding Photography || Hanley Hall, Worcestershire

Barns & Yard Wedding Photographer

I first heard from Emma & James about doing their Barns & Yard Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy after their wed­ding plan­ner, Lau­ra, rec­om­mend­ed me.

Lau­ra runs Stu­dio 81 Events, wed­ding plan­ning experts and we’d worked togeth­er on a pre­vi­ous wed­ding. So it was great that she rec­om­mend­ed me as a pho­tog­ra­ph­er for this one at Barns & Yard 😊

It’s a wed­ding venue that I vis­it­ed just before it first opened. Tak­ing some pho­tos for the fab­u­lous Toscana Strings who want­ed to update their web­site. So get­ting the chance to return to pho­to­graph a wed­ding at Barns & Yard was a fan­tas­tic opportunity.

Rea­sons to choose Barns & Yard for your wed­ding venue:-

• Lux­u­ry barn at the foot of the Malvern Hills
• Choice of 5 indoor and out­door cer­e­mo­ny options
• 3 Day hire, to real­ly make the most of your wed­ding celebration

A Wedding Venue on the Hanley Hall Estate

Han­ley Hall dates from the reign of Hen­ry VIII in it’s cur­rent incar­na­tion, although there has been a dwelling on the site since the 12th century.

The hall is now a fam­i­ly home and when the bought it 5 years ago, they saw the poten­tial in the barns to be restored and turned into a wed­ding venue.

What you get with Barns & Yard is the his­to­ry and char­ac­ter of the oak-framed, grade II list­ed Thresh­ing Barn along with a love­ly mod­ern design aesthetic.

I men­tioned that it has loads of dif­fer­ent places for your wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny, which includes the Thresh­ing Barn. But there is also The Cartshed (below), The Gallery, The Court­yard and the grounds of the hall itself.

This par­tic­u­lar wed­ding was in the glass-walled, restored cartshed, which is a great exam­ple of how they’ve com­bined the rus­tic old with the mod­ern. You still have the wood­en beams but now have two walls of glass to let the light flood in.

As a wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er I have some­thing of an obses­sion with light and The Cartshed cer­tain­ly gives you plen­ty of that!

A Rainy Wedding Day at Barns & Yard

Some­thing else that us wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers tend to be obsessed with is the weath­er. The one thing that you can’t do a damn thing about, but it’s nice to know what to expect!

This par­tic­u­lar wed­ding day at Barns & Yard start­ed off over­cast and grey, with a def­i­nite prospect of rain. As a doc­u­men­tary wed­ding pho­tog­ra­ph­er I’m real­ly not phased by any­thing that the Weath­er Gods might throw at us, it’s all part of the story.

Emma and her Bride Squad were safe­ly tucked away in one of the ren­o­vat­ed farm cot­tages, which sur­round the courtyard.

While James and the boys had the impor­tant job of greet­ing guests, umbrel­las at the ready!

Wedding Photography at Barns & Yard

As the guests took their seats in The Cartshed, Emma was mak­ing her way across the court­yard, with a lit­tle bit of assistance!

Then, it was wed­ding time!

The rain had eased after the wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny so every­one was able to go out­side for a bit of con­fet­ti throwing. 

If you want a few hints & tips about how to have some awe­some con­fet­ti at your wed­ding then take a look at this blog. 

Those drat­ted rain clouds were still hang­ing around so the drinks recep­tion did get some more driz­zle. But the great thing about The Court­yard is the over­hang which pro­vides plen­ty of cov­er for your drinks.

The Grounds at Barns & Yard

How­ev­er, a lit­tle while lat­er, the rain stopped. YAY!

I always think it’s nice on your wed­ding day to have some time for the two of you, away from the hus­tle and bus­tle of the day. Chance to pause, to take it all in and per­haps explore the grounds of your wed­ding venue.

This is when I’ll often tag along, per­haps giv­ing a lit­tle bit of guid­ance and direc­tion, but pri­mar­i­ly just let­ting you be you!

One of the great things about Barns & Yard is that the mul­ti­tude of avail­able spaces mean that your guests get to see so much of it.

It can also mean that the tables for your wed­ding break­fast can be set up in advance. 

Like these

They look pret­ty cool don’t they!

I real­ly like this ban­quet style of table lay­out. It suits a venue like this one and is super socia­ble for your guests.

Barns & Yard Wedding Reception Photography

OTHER BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

• Whit­bourne Hall Hereford/Worcester Wed­ding Venue
• How Caple Court Hereford
• Lyde Court, Here­ford Wedding

If you’re look­ing for Barns & Yard Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­phy then please get in touch. I’d love to have a chat!