Marlow & Sons
How the day tends to run
Every wedding is planned from a blank sheet, but four hundred of them have taught us a shape that works. Move anything.
- 10:00The house
The house is yours
Bridal party into the Garden Rooms, breakfast on the terrace, suppliers on site from eleven.
- 14:00The Orangery or the oak
Ceremony
Thirty minutes, give or take the readings. The registrar comes to you.
- 14:45The Walled Garden
Drinks on the lawn
Canapés from the kitchen, lawn games if you want them, photographs while the light is good.
- 16:30The Great Barn
The wedding breakfast
Three courses from our kitchen; speeches between the main and the pudding, or before, or never.
- 19:30The Great Barn
Cake and the first dance
The band or the DJ from eight; the bar runs until half past midnight.
- 21:00The barn yard
Evening food
Something from the fire pit for the evening guests and anyone who was too nervous to eat earlier.
- 00:30The Great Barn
Last orders, last song
Carriages at one. The house guests wander up the drive; breakfast is at nine.