Today I’m handing over the blog to Laura, Events Manager extraordinaire at Bruisyard Hall, a stunning Suffolk wedding venue.
Bruisyard is one of the original Coco Collection and I’ve always been a little bit smitten with this venue. It has everything – a beautiful Country House, glorious grounds, a rustic barn, gorgeous bedrooms and that home-from-home comfort for a truly blissful gathering of friends and family.
Oh and keep reading, because there’s a rather lovely Coco Exclusive Offer…
Laura: Bruisyard Hall is a glorious old house, dating back to 1354, in the East of Suffolk near to our beautiful and vibrant heritage coast. The Hall was originally an abbey and during its long life has been home to princesses, knights, recusants, aristocrats and country farmers alike.
Though much loved, it had fallen into serious disrepair at the end of the 1980s, but was brought back into good use as a rural holiday let, and more recently in 2011 – 12 underwent a huge renovation project, conserving, restoring and modernising as required to create the luxurious country estate for hire that we now see.
This achievement was topped off by our being awarded 5* status and Gold by Visit England for 2014.
Top Row & Second Row Left: Image courtesy of Bruisyard Hall. Second Row Right: Image by Natasha Hurley. Third Row & Bottom Row: Images courtesy of Bruisyard Hall.
your wedding at bruisyard hall
The fundamental concept of a stay at Bruisyard Hall is that it becomes your very own country estate for the duration of your visit. Exclusive use is a frequently chosen option among our wedding couples (giving them full and private use of the whole Hall, Barn and 700 acre estate) and can really give the whole party a sense of freedom and escape from the everyday in these beautiful surroundings, which is a feeling we think is really important in helping to create the perfect wedding day and something that can be difficult to achieve at a lot of conveyor belt wedding ‘venues’.
Your wedding is something special and the setting here reflects that. From our own high standards of presentation and organisation to the little details such as the bottle of champagne we leave for our wedding couples on their arrival or the fresh flowers in the Hall, the bottom line at Bruisyard Hall is quality. We have an in-house concierge service on hand to attend to catering, transport, additional accommodation, the evening’s entertainment, stocking the larder with delicious local produce or really whatever our guests can think of.
It is then my job as Events Manager to plan with our couples exactly how they want their wedding day to go and to be there making sure it all runs smoothly on the day, so they can relax and savour it.
Top Row: Image courtesy of Bruisyard Hall. Second Row: Image by Tarah Coonan. Third Row & Fourth Row: Images courtesy of Bruisyard Hall. Bottom Row: Image by Mark Wallis Photography.
We are always saying how no two Bruisyard weddings are the same but I do think this is true; it is partly due to the character of the place and partly down to this attention to detail which drives our whole team, helping our wedding couples to really make the place their own and making our jobs really enjoyable.
We do get asked to do some pretty unusual things for wedding parties and it sometimes amazes me what can be achieved! It’s a really characterful place with so much of a sense of history and the whole team take great pride in it, something which I think truly comes across in our standards and in the appearance of the estate.
coco exclusive offer
We are excited to be offering an exclusive promotion to readers of the Coco blog…
Accompanying each wedding booking, we will provide a Suffolk food welcome hamper on arrival (value of £200) and a complimentary glass of prosecco, post ceremony, for 60 wedding guests.
Get in touch with us now to book your viewing of the Hall and Barn and meet our team.
Bruisyard Hall also has a couple of late availability dates for 2014 between 5th – 8th December 2014. You can hire the Hall and the Barn for £8,000, plus complimentary wine on the table for up to 100 guests!
To discuss either offer in more detail, drop the lovely Laura a little message…
Lots of love…