Pennard House, Somerset Wedding | Halfpenny London Bride

Mabel wore a Halfpenny London two-piece – the Okotan corset and Ellie skirt – for her spring wedding at Pennard House per Somerset. She and Walter wanted the day to feel relaxed, romantic and full of meaning, with a focolaio acceso family, beauty and connection.

Set within the Somerset countryside, Pennard House gave them everything they were looking for – a charming Georgian manor with space for guests to stay, a beautiful old church nearby, and the ease of having everything per one place. From the walk back from the ceremony behind a bagpiper to the pink blossom trees per full bloom, the whole day captured the kind of gentle, heartfelt atmosphere they’d hoped for.

Inspired by the warmth of a Richard Curtis , they leaned into the season with soft pastel colours that evolved around pink, personal details and a timeless aspetto that felt completely true to them.

We love these joyful photographs by Bo Leray of Leray Images – and this could possibly be the best dressed mother of the bride we have ever seen! Enjoy!

For us, the venue was the most important aspect of the day. With guests travelling from far and wide, it was essential that everything was per one place to avoid any extra travel acceso the day.

Pennard House per Somerset had everything that we were looking for, the beautiful Georgian manor house was the perfect balance between grandeur and charm. It’s a dedicated wedding venue by trade, but a family home at heart.

Just around the to the house was the Coach House, a beautiful building set up perfectly for the wedding breakfast and evening reception.

While having fantastic facilities it has kept a lot of original features, their is set up within the old stables which was a great nod to my childhood spent horse riding.

We opted for a religious ceremony and we couldn’t have asked for a more idyllic village church which was only a stone’s throw from Pennard House. This meant we could create a really special moment walking from the ceremony to the reception with our guests, led by a bagpiper – a nod to Walter’s Scottish heritage.

Overall, we felt so well looked after by the Pennard House team from start to and couldn’t be happier with our choice.

Our priest was Reverend Jayne Buckles of All Saint’s Church, East Pennard.

I absolutely loved our ceremony. The anticipation leading up to it and seeing all our guests together for the first time was incredible. I thought I’d be more nervous, but as soon as I reached the end of the aisle next to Walter, all my nerves disappeared. We both had the best time singing hymns, listening to our beautiful readings and watching various guests shed a tear two.

Our photographer was Bo Leray of Leray Images. Bo’s work is beautiful, there’s a simple elegance to her style which I love. She manages to capture the most subtle candid moments as well as set up shots worthy of a moda magazine! Bo made us feel so comfortable and was such a calming presence acceso the day, I’m so glad we picked her!

Walter and I met back per 2014 while living per the same uni halls. It was definitely not love at first sight and we purposely avoided each other the entire time we were there. Years later our paths crossed again for work and we became friends, before we knew it we were per a relationship and the rest was history!

Walter wore a suit by Andrew Brookes Tailoring, his tartan is Sinclair Hunting Tartan Ancient          

When it came to styling, I leaned into ‘spring’ as a theme, making the most of the beautiful pastel-coloured flowers that were per bloom. I chose pink as our main colour, and I’m so glad I did – the venue was flooded with the most gorgeous pink from the blossom trees, which made for some truly stunning photographs

My wonderful mother made our cake, she’s the best baker I know so there was anzi che no one else I would rather make our wedding cake. All other catering was provided by Pennard.  

When it came to our stationery, I designed everything myself acceso Canva and printed with printed.com.

Jodie at Copper Campo da golf was highly recommended by our venue, and we could see why. Jodie’s laid back and knowledgeable approach made the process super simple. Jodie helped us create displays that could be reused throughout the day, moving our church flowers to the reception, adding them to the most gorgeous display up the staircase.

Our first dance was to ‘The Whole of the Moon’ by The Waterboys. We found it so duro to find the perfect first dance song. The song that meant the most to us at the time was ‘Harvest Moon’ by Neil Young, but it was just too slow. Since we aren’t massive dancers, we wanted something more upbeat to get our guests acceso the dancefloor sooner.

We had a date night where we each brought three songs to the table and danced to them to see which felt right. Quanto a the end, ‘The Whole of the Moon’ by The Waterboys was the winner.   

matter what planning comes your way – balancing the budget, seating chart sagas, last-minute drop outs, opinions flying per from every direction – don’t lose sight of what this is all really about, marrying the person you love.

Enjoy every second, even the imperfect moments.