Thorpe Garden Wedding Photography || Emma + Adam

Thorpe Garden Wedding Photographer

My oh my, Thor­pe Gar­den, what a joy of a venue to get mar­ried and what a won­der­ful place for wed­ding photography!

Nes­tled in the Stafford­shire Coun­try­side you have The Thor­pe Estate. 

Let me give you a pot­ted his­to­ry of the estate (pot­ted… it’s a gar­den.… did you see what I did there?!!)

It was bought by William Ives, a suc­cess­ful wine mer­chant and the May­or of Leices­ter, in 1631. 20 years lat­er his daugh­ter and heir, Jane mar­ried Richard Inge, and the manor house became their fam­i­ly home. This began 3 cen­turies of stew­ard­ship by the Inge fam­i­ly with their descen­dants still liv­ing on the estate today.

Part of the Thor­pe estate is the walled gar­den, which in the 1980s was used an organ­ic gar­den, sell­ing pro­duce to Lon­don restaurants. 

Move for­wards to the present day and, restored to it’s for­mer glo­ry, it’s now a Stafford­shire wed­ding venue. A beau­ti­ful secret gar­den, resplen­dent with ver­dant lawns, majes­tic trees, flow­ers galore and a won­der­ful wis­te­ria-lined path­way (as seen below!).

But that’s not all

There’s a pur­pose built wed­ding cer­e­mo­ny room, designed by award-win­ning archi­tect Seth Stein.

With a slop­ing roof lead­ing to floor-to-ceil­ing glass you have glo­ri­ous views out across the gar­den. We’re talk­ing light, light, light, which if you’re a Thor­pe Gar­den Wed­ding Pho­tog­ra­ph­er is a pret­ty big deal!

After the cer­e­mo­ny, there is a unique wood­en yurt with steamed moun­tain ash sup­ports, fairy lights and more views of the walled gar­den. So you’ve got cool out­door space for drinks and even cool­er indoor space for your wed­ding breakfast.

Now, a wed­ding isn’t a wed­ding with­out some pret­ty yum­my food, and I have to say, the food at Thor­pe Gar­den is ACE!!

Wedding Expertise

It’s run by the won­der­ful Cripps & Co, who know all about wed­dings. They have a col­lec­tion of 8 venues, dot­ted around the coun­try, all of them either coun­try barns or walled gardens.

In fact, it’s been my plea­sure to have pho­tographed wed­dings at a cou­ple of their oth­er venues. Shus­toke Barn in War­wick­shire and Cripps Barn in the Cotswolds.

There’s the restored gar­den­er’s bothy cot­tage, which you can use for get­ting ready and, com­ing soon, is going to be Con­stan­tine House.

This is an his­toric build­ing at the heart of the Thor­pe Estate, just a stones throw away from the walled gar­den. Cur­rent­ly being refur­bished it’s due to open in Feb­ru­ary 2023 as a 21 bed­room, exclu­sive-use bou­tique guest house. So per­fect accom­mo­da­tion for the wed­ding night for fam­i­ly and friends. 

Rea­sons to choose Thor­pe Gar­den for your wed­ding venue:-

• The gar­dens! Just beau­ti­ful to look at and stroll around
• A one-of-kind wood­en yurt for your wed­ding break­fast and party
• The food — nom, nom, nom

OTHER BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

• Han­bury Wed­ding Barn, Staffordshire
• Dav­en­port House — Shrop­shire Wedding
• Crum­ple­bury Farm Wed­ding Photography

A Wedding Venue on the Thorpe Estate, Staffordshire

Hav­ing had to rearrange their wed­ding from 2021, Emma & Adam we’re reeeeeeaaal­ly look­ing for­wards to their big day!

Both the bridal par­ty and grooms­men were get­ting ready local­ly so I was able to call in on both, to cap­ture the atmos­phere of preparation.

A Thorpe Garden Wedding Photographer

Then on to Thor­pe Gar­den for the nup­tials and to do what I do. Wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phy for cou­ples who LOVE PHOTOS but HATE TO POSE!

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