Description
Wedding Mall offers this stunning venue for you to consider for your wedding day.
Belton House set in the heart of Lincolnshire
Venue type: Country House
Description: This magnificent Restoration period (1685-88) house provides a majestic setting for your memorable occasion. Belton greets the visitor as a magisterial presence, embodying on the outside everything that is expected of a country house, beauty of line and symmetry, sobriety of tone and colour, the reassurance of timeless tranquillity. Internally a greater diversity is apparent. Opulence pervades the restraint encountered outside. Richness glitters in silver gilt sconces, giltwood pier glasses and monstrous marble topped tables. Wedding ceremonies take place in the: Marble Hall - the grand entrance hall, reserved for only the most honoured guests in times gone by, has grained oak wood panelling and a black and white squared marble floor. The walls feature limewood carvings and family portraits. Tapestry Room - a more intimate room, the centrepiece being the Wyatville fireplace, surrounded by tapestries dating from the early eighteenth century, this room also features the Bluthner boudoir grand piano. Following the ceremony wedding parties may then move through the Saloon into the beautiful formal gardens for photographs and a champagne toast on the north terrace.
Practicalities
Prices: ÂÂ1,500: Includes use of the Marble Hall as a venue for a wedding ceremony, including use of the garden, Orangery and North Terrace for photographs. ÂÂ750: Includes use of the Tapestry Room as a venue for a wedding ceremony, including use of the garden, Orangery and North Terrace for photographs.
Ceremony type: Ceremony & reception
Capacity for ceremony: Marble Hall (up to 50 guests). Tapestry Room (up to 12 guests)
Seated meal capacity: 50 in restaurant
Buffet meal capacity: 50 in restaurant
Outside space: The Gardens: You and your guests will have exclusive use of our gardens, which include the Orangery hosting a multitude of exotic flora, the Italian garden with its fire-engine red geraniums in wall cornices and the Dutch garden with its formal topiary and lilac hues. In spring and early summer you can enjoy the wildflower paradise of snowdrops, daffodils, cowslips, primroses, bluebells and forget-me-nots nestled in an ancient wooded area beyond the formal gardens. You can record your magical day with photography taken in the gardens, which have many garden features to use as a backdrop. This is also the perfect opportunity for your guests to explore the gardens or simply sip champagne on the north steps of the House. Marquee Site: Site fee ÂÂ1600 min: The marquee site, the East Lawn, is set directly next to the house and has wonderful views up to the Bellmount Tower, framed by the avenue of Chestnut trees.
Photography inside: Permitted
Photography outside: Permitted
Parking: Yes
Disabled access: Yes
Confetti permitted: Natural petals only
Food + entertainment
Type of cuisine: Champagne Toast: ÂÂ2.50 per head (min. ÂÂ100): Includes use of gardens for immediate post-ceremony champagne toast (including provision of tables, linen and NT staff to serve drinks). Corkage for alcoholic drinks (if own wine or champagne is used) ÂÂ5 per bottle. Restaurant Reception: Prices and sample menus are available for hot or cold buffets and full sit-down meals in our Stables Restaurant. Marquee Reception: External caterers may be used but must be audited by the National Trust. We have a choice of local approved caterers, who have been audited. A charge of ÂÂ400 will be made to audit a new supplier.
Additional services
Event planner: Let us take care of the finer details of the day, our service includes working with you on the detailed planning of your wedding so that everything is just as you would wish it to be.
Further info & directions
Additional details: Belton House is a magical setting for your special day; we pride ourselves on our reputation, which is based on our adaptability and expertise in helping you plan your special day within an historic house. Our friendly staff will be available on the day to assist in the smooth running of your wedding. If you would like to get married in the opulent surroundings of Belton House, ceremonies can take place on Mondays and Tuesdays, from the 1 April to 31 October.
Directions by public transport: Bus services: Road Car (1) Grantham-Lincoln. MassReliance (609) Grantham-Sleaford. By train: Grantham station 3ml
Directions by car: We are situated 3 miles north-east of Grantham on the A607 Grantham-Lincoln road, easily reached and signposted from the A1.