Weddings - Blunsdon House Hotel

Blunsdon House Hotel
Weddings
2017
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Your Wedding... Our Promise
From your first meeting with our
professional Wedding Co-ordinator
to the moment your last guest
says farewell, you will find our
welcoming and professional staff
ready to attend to your every need.
We promise to do all we can to make sure your big day is as unique as you.
Our individual approach and dedicated team will work alongside you every
step of the way to ensure your wedding goes from dream to reality.
Set in 30 acres of stunning Wiltshire countryside, our gardens and
breathtaking view provide the perfect backdrop for your special day.
Whether you plan an intimate occasion for a dozen guests or a lavish
celebration and evening party we have rooms to suit. Whatever your wishes
we will be honoured to be entrusted with your arrangements.
As a family owned hotel we understand the responsibility of planning such an
important occasion and will be happy to offer advice, experience and flexibility in
all aspects to make your day both fabulous and memorable for years to come.
If you would like to know more about celebrating your Wedding at
Blunsdon House Hotel or to discuss your plans further we will be very
happy to arrange a viewing with our professional Wedding Co-ordinator
at a mutually agreeable time.
Call 01793 721701 or Email events@blunsdonhouse.co.uk
grace.theobald@blunsdonhouse.co.uk
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The Ceremony
Making your vows here with us, in charming surroundings enables you
to hold the ceremony, wedding breakfast and evening reception all under
one roof. Five rooms are licensed for ceremonies offering you an intimate
atmosphere whether you wish to have two guests or two hundred. For
a traditional church wedding you can arrive in style in one of our two
chauffeur driven vintage Rolls Royces. The hotel and gardens are ideal
for mingling and relaxing with your guests allowing your photographer to
capture your perfect day in a natural and elegant setting.
When planning your Ceremony you must contact either Swindon Borough
Council Registrars Office on 01793 522738 or the church in which you
wish to wed to discuss dates, availability and fees.*
Room Hire Charges:
Zan’s Lounge/Redwood/Beech Room £350
(up to 25 guests/up to 60 guests/up to 60 guests)
Tawny’s/Garden Room £650
(up to 70 guests/up to 200 guests)
*Please note Registrar’s Fees and Church Fees are separate and
must be paid independently from the hotel invoice.
Room dressing fees vary according to your personal requirements.
Please discuss this with our Wedding Co-ordinator.
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Reception Rooms
The Garden Room is our largest and most flexible room. This delightful
ballroom can accommodate a civil wedding with up to 100 guests or even
up to 200 guests in a certain configuration and up to 220 for your wedding
breakfast. This room has its own bar and dance floor for your wedding
reception with up to 250 guests for an evening buffet.
Tawny’s Restaurant can accommodate a civil wedding for up to 70 guests
for the wedding breakfast. Tawny’s is an exquisite room for a wedding, a
fairytale setting with mirrors and chandeliers. It has its own patio garden for
arriving guests with a stone arch and ‘ruin wall’ as a backdrop for photos.
For the evening party Tawny’s Restaurant can be used in conjunction with
Zan’s Bar where your guests who are meeting for the first time, or renewing
old acquaintances will be delighted to find an area to relax away from the
disco without missing out on the party atmosphere.
The Beech & Redwood Rooms are ideal for medium sized weddings and can
comfortably accommodate 60 guests with no minimum number.
Zan’s Lounge is the wood panelled room in the original farmhouse. It
accommodates up to 20 guests on an oval table for an intimate occasion,
it has its own bar, the option of a roaring fire and is licensed for a civil
ceremony for up to 30 guests.
Minimum Requirements Guarantee
A minimum number guarantee may apply during the high season and on
specific days of the week. For more details please discuss these guidelines
with your Wedding Co-ordinator.
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Sample Packages
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• A dedicated Wedding Co-ordinator to ensure your day runs smoothly
• Personal Red Carpet welcome
• Use of the hotel’s stunning grounds for your photographs
• A choice of cake stand to suit and use of a ceremonial sword to cut
your cake
• A three course wedding breakfast chosen from the ‘Elegance’ menu
for 50 guests
• The Confetti Drinks Package
• Your reception room dressed just as you would like with white linen
• Evening Finger Buffet for 100 guests
• A Pavilion Executive Bedroom for the Wedding Night including
Breakfast the following morning
Additional Daytime guests are charged from £66.00 per person.
Additional Evening guests are charged from £17.50 per person.
£5525
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Lavender
• A dedicated Wedding Co-ordinator to ensure your day runs smoothly
• Personal Red Carpet welcome
• Use of the hotel’s stunning grounds for your photographs
• A choice of cake stand to suit and use of a ceremonial sword to cut
your cake
• A three course wedding breakfast followed by tea or coffee for 50 guests
• The Sparkle Drinks Package
• Your reception room dressed just as you would like with white linen
• Evening Finger Buffet for 100 guests
• A House Double or Twin Bedroom the night before the Wedding including
breakfast delivered to the room
• A Pavilion Executive Four Poster Bedroom for the Wedding Night
including breakfast the following morning in Flame
• White Chair Covers in The Garden Room
• Evening entertainment, disco until midnight
Additional Daytime Guests are charged from £71.00 per person.
Additional Evening guests are charged from £17.50 per person.
£6335
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Menus
With many years of experience our chef has compiled wedding menus to
satisfy the broad range of tastes usually found within the family, whilst providing
excellent fare to match the occasion. Should you prefer a favourite dish not
featured we will be happy to discuss this with you.
Choose a starter, main course and dessert from the menu band of your choice.
Main courses are all served with seasonal vegetables and potatoes, if you wish
you can add a sorbet for just £2.50 or an additional fish course for £5.50.
Children
Children 12 and under can take the selected menu at half price or have a simple
meal e.g. melon balls, chicken nuggets and fries, ice cream and a soft drink.
For babies under 18 months old we are happy to heat baby food and bottles.
All children occupy a place on the table plan. Please advise us in advance if
high chairs are required.
Elegance
Choice of seasonal soup
Chicken liver Parfait served with plum chutney and crisp toast
Fan of seasonal melon with strawberries and a passion fruit sauce
Traditional prawn cocktail
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Pan fried chicken breast with bacon lardons, mushrooms, baby onions and a rich red wine sauce
Steamed salmon supreme with a white wine and tarragon cream
Roast loin of pork with apricot and sage stuffing, apple puree and rosemary sauce
Lemon, garlic and almond risotto with a red onion salad and pesto dressing
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Layered chocolate torte
Vanilla and mascarpone cheesecake with a raspberry sauce
Traditional bread and butter pudding served with creamy custard
Traditional summer pudding with a minted crème fraiche
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Coffee or tea with chocolate truffles
£51.00 per person
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Luxury
Oxtail confit and pancetta terrine with dressed leaves and champagne dressing
Goats cheese and red onion mousse tomato coulis and a green pesto dressing
Trio of melon terrine with pineapple and coconut crème fraîche
Smoked organic salmon with red onion, capers and lemon salad
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Pan fried maize fed chicken with Wiltshire ham, smoked applewood cheddar and truffle sauce
Roast sirloin of English beef with an oyster mushroom filled Yorkshire pudding
and a rich red wine sauce
Baked fillet of sea bass with roast fennel and artichoke risotto served with a champagne cream sauce
Vegetable tempura accompanied with sweet chilli sauce and saffron rice
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Baked White chocolate and coconut cheesecake
Apple pie served with custard
Fresh fruit pavlova with redcurrant coulis
Chocolate filled profiteroles with a rich chocolate sauce
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Coffee or tea with chocolate truffles
£53.00 per person
Finesse
King prawn and lobster ravioli with a pea puree and basil sauce
“Presse” of peppers and buffalo mozzarella, sun blushed tomatoes with a truffle oil dressing and
accompanied by toasted olive bread
Duck Liver and brandy terrine with melba toast
Crown of galia melon with pineapple, orange segments, Malibu cream and toasted coconut
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Herb crusted rack of English lamb with dauphinoise potatoes and a red currant rosemary jus
Beef Wellington – individual fillet with a mushroom mousse in puff pastry with a Madeira sauce
Roast Gressingham duck breast with caramelised plums, château potatoes and a honey soy sauce glaze
Tomato bavarois and a garlic, lemon and almond risotto
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Balsamic Strawberry crème brûlée with home-made shortbread
Fresh fruit terrine accompanied by honey clotted cream mousse
Champagne and redcurrant ice soufflé
Plate of chocolate desserts: White chocolate mousse, hot chocolate fondant, chocolate and chilli sorbet
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Coffee or tea with chocolate truffles
£58.00 per person
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Drinks Packages
The Confetti Drinks Package
• Choice of Celebration Drink after the ceremony or when you arrive back
from the church – Pimm’s, Bucks Fizz, Summer Punch or Prosecco.
• 2 Glasses of House Red, House White or House Rose for each of your
guests during the wedding breakfast.
• House Prosecco for your Speeches and Toasts.
• Unlimited Pepsi, Lemonade and Squash for the duration of the
wedding breakfast.
£21.50 per person
The Sparkle Drinks Package
• Choice of Celebration Drink after the ceremony or when you arrive
back from the church – Pimm’s, Bucks Fizz, Summer Punch, House
Champagne, Bottled Beers/Ciders or a Cocktail mixed and named in
honour of you!
• 2 Glasses of wine for each of your guests during the wedding
breakfast. A wine tasting can be arranged for you to sample our
personal recommendations, hand chosen to compliment your menu
(wine tasting must be booked a minimum of 6 weeks prior to the date
of the wedding).
• House Champagne for your Speeches & Toasts.
• Unlimited Pepsi, Lemonade and Squash for the duration of the
wedding breakfast.
£27.00 per person
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Evening Buffet
Available only when the main wedding breakfast has
taken place at the hotel.
All guests attending in the evening must be catered for.
Finger Buffet for the evening party, choose any 5 for
£19.25 per person.
Canapés Selection, smaller bites to accompany arrival
drinks, choose 4 for £6.25 per person.
Savoury Crisps and Pickles
Home-made pork crackling and apple sauce
Honey roast Gloucester Old spot sausages with
mustard mayonnaise
Selection of bread with extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic
vinegar, humus and tapenade
Mini Yorkshire pudding with beef with creamed horseradish
Mini sliders, with relish (beef, lamb or chicken)
Duck Spring rolls
Vegetable spring rolls
Mini fish and chips
Mini fish cakes
Smoked salmon on rye bread
Marinated chilli king prawns with minted yoghurt
Spiced chicken skewers
Salmon and hollandaise tartlet
Polenta, sun-dried tomato and mozzarella disc
Filo pastry and pesto roulade
Mini Frittata with Roasted Red Pepper
Mini “croque monsieur”
Smooth chicken liver parfait with red onion marmalade and
rustic bread
Fish cakes and red onion and chilli salsa or lemon bream sauce
Ham hock terrine with herb salad and rustic bread
Potted buttered shrimp with beetroot and watercress salad
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‘Something different’
An alternative to an evening buffet, available when booked in
conjunction with a wedding breakfast.
The ‘Whole Hog’ Hog roast or whole lamb carved in the room:
£26.00 per person
This really is a wonderful spread with a selection of the following:
• A selection of salads
• Sour dough bun
• Apple sauce/stuffing, mint sauce, dressings
• Minimum for 60 guests
• Herb roasted half chicken or battered tempura hake fillet
with tartar sauce, lemon, chips and tossed salad
£22.00 per person
We are committed to providing the best value for
money, however please note that all prices are
subject to change.
Should this happen you will be notified in writing
no later than 6 weeks prior to your Wedding Day.
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Special Touches
• Table centres – from £10 each
• Cocktails (Cocktail hour during turnaround) –
£8 per person for two drinks
• Chair covers – £1.50 per chair
• Chair bows – from £1 per chair
• Spiral pillars with calla lily vases – £50/pair
• Handwritten place cards in the colour of your
choice – 50p each
• Printed A3 table plan in the colour of your choice – £4
• Rolls Royces – first £200, second £175 (local)
• Secrets – prices vary
• Children’s table (colouring, duplo, games etc) – £15
• Traditional favours (organza bags with sugared almonds
or chocolates) – £3.50 each
• Sweet table – prices vary
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Accommodation
The romance of a traditional four poster
and the convenience of having your own
bedroom suite on site is perfect sense.
We never knowingly disclose your plans to
other guests.
Our house bedrooms in the main hotel
feature new bathrooms with power shower,
wall mounted flat screen TVs, subtle designer
lighting and stylish new furniture.
As a family owned hotel we pride ourselves in
catering for large or small families of varying
ages. Family rooms can include bunk beds
with additional sofa bed, cots and put up
beds or interconnecting rooms for parents
wanting extra space and privacy.
Our Pavilion Executive bedrooms are located
in a stunning separate building 150 feet
from the main hotel and are favoured for
their spaciousness and superb bathrooms
featuring separate showers. Bedrooms at
ground level have a patio and those on level
two and three have balconies suspended
from the roof eaves, many enjoying fantastic
views to the Cotswold’s.
Suites with private lounge area, four poster
beds and rooms adapted for people with
disabilities are also available.
Preferential Accommodation Rates
We have special accommodation rates for the
bridal party and guests wishing to stay, relax
and make use of our superb leisure facilities.
A limited number of rooms are available at
preferential rates, therefore we ask guests to
book early to avoid disappointment.
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Our Partnership
Services
With your ideas and our experience, together with
our recommended professional partners, we are
able to create an exclusive day for you.
Wedding Cars
We are probably the only hotel in the country with
two white Rolls Royces, a Silver Shadow and a
Silver Spirit, both available exclusively for chauffeur
driven transportation in style.
Flowers
Carrie Clifford, Hotel Director, is a professional
florist who creates stunning floral designs for all
your needs – from the bridal bouquet to pedestals,
Carrie provides a truly and unique personal service
at a competitive price and has delighted every
single bride she has looked after.
Secrets Beauty Salon
The bride ‘to be’, mum (and don’t forget mum in
law ‘to be’) and bridesmaids will look great and
feel relaxed, perfect preparation for ‘the big day’. A
visit to Secrets is a great idea for a hen night. Please
see the Secrets brochure for treatments offered.
Photography
Graham McCallion
01793 722955
www.grahammccallion.co.uk
Joesph Dart
07552230661
www.josephdartwedding.com
Elizabeth Donovan
07788400250
www.elizabethdonovanphotography.co.uk
Disco
Our preferred partner is Luke Skywalker
Tel: 01793 488338
www.skywalkers.co.uk
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Blunsdon House Hotel
The Ridge, Blunsdon, Swindon, Wiltshire SN26 7AS
Tel: 01793 721701 info@blunsdonhouse.co.uk
www. blunsdonhouse .co.uk