Dumfries House Wedding | A Romantic Scottish Estate Wedding Day for Bethany & James | Edinburgh Wedding Photographer
Dumfries House and Estate Wedding | A Romantic Scottish Estate Wedding Day for Bethany & James | Edinburgh Wedding Photographer
Bethany and James started and ended their wedding day at The beautiful Dumfries House and Estate in Scotland. The Dumfries House and estate is an 18th century home that has had all of it’s architecture and gardens all recently restored. This historic home has had so many historic features be preserved and would be a perfect wedding venue, if you’re looking for a stunning scottish estate, located just outside of glasgow, Scotland.
Bethany and her bridesmaids got ready upstairs in stunning suites overlooking the dumfries front garden and fountain, while having their hair and makeup done by the talented ladies, Alexandria McNairn, Karly Oneill , and Chapter Salon. The groom, James, had champagne with his groomsmen on the front grand staircase of Dumfries house, just before vintage cars transported all of the bridal party to St. Aloysius RC Church in Glasgow, for their wedding ceremony. The girls followed suit shortly after Bethany had a first look with her dad and he walked her down to the rolls royce that drove her to the wedding ceremony.
James is a talented musician and specializes in all things relating to organs, and St. Aloysius RC Church had such a stunning one. They also had such beautiful traditions that were meaningful to them both in their religion during their ceremony. After the wedding ceremony, Bethany and James hopped back in the Rolls Royce and were driven to the walled garden of the Dumfries House and Estate for bridal portraits. The lovely thing about The Dumfries House, is that the Estate is so large, that everyone’s bridal portraits will look so different, as there are so many locations and lovely backdrops for wedding photos all around the 2,000 acre estate in Ayrshire.
After strolling around the walled garden for couples photos, the vintage car took them back to the front entrance of the Dumfries House, where all of their wedding guests were waiting for them with confetti and a bagpiper led the way as they strolled up the staircase surrounded by their loved ones. The rest of cocktail hour overflowed with Hors d'oeuvre’s and cocktails on the stairs and in the garden, while inside of Dumfries House there was a live band, Babyface and the Beltin' Boys, playing in the entrance hall, while guests were enjoying oysters by the oyster man and enjoying the beautiful spaces in dumfries house, like The Great Steward’s Dining Room, The Tapestry Room and The Pink Drawing Room.
After taking a few wedding portraits in The Tapestry Room, which has stunning ornate floor to ceiling tapestries and murals throughout the entire space, the couple made a grand entrance into the pavilion, where the formal seated dinner and wedding reception took place. There was a bar, a champagne tower, cake cutting, speeches, and an incredibly fun night of ceilidh dancing took place, hosted by DRAMS! Ceilidh Band. All in all, this wedding day at Dumfries House was so lovely and the perfect wedding venue for Bethany and james to celebrate their wedding day with all of their loved ones in the heart of their home, in scotland.
“Dumfries House and Estate is a beautiful Scottish Wedding Venue located just outside of Glasgow, Scotland.”
Wedding Planning + Design - Evan Samson, Dumfries House // Florist Company Name - Lavender and Rose, Glasgow // Make-up Artist - MAKEUP BY Alexandria McNairn (Bride); Karly Oneill (Bridesmaids) // HAIR Stylist - Chapter Salon, Glasgow // Wedding Dress & Veil Designer - Sassi Holford Bridal // Wedding Shoes - Russell and Bromley // Earrings - Monica Vinader // Grooms KILT - Macgregor and Macduff // Bride + Groom Rings // Laings, Glasgow // Ceremony Venue - St. Aloysius RC Church // Reception Venue - Dumfries House, Ayrshire // Cocktail Hour + Reception Caterer - Dumfries House, Ayrshire // Reception Band - Babyface and the Beltin' Boys // Evening Dance - DRAMS! Ceilidh Band // Wedding Filmmaker - Cloud. Company Creative // stationery - Concept A Designs // Oysters - The Oyster Man Events
A Winter Wedding in Scotland | Neidpath Castle Wedding Venue | Natalie + Jack | Scotland Wedding Photographer | Edinburgh Wedding Photographer
A Winter Wedding in Scotland | Neidpath Castle Wedding Venue | Natalie + Jack | Scotland Wedding Photographer | Edinburgh Wedding Photographer
Neidpath Castle was the perfect setting for the most snowy wedding weekend in Scotland that I’ve ever seen. Natalie and Jack started their wedding day by getting ready with their loved ones in two different parts of the castle. Natalie had the highest bridal suite in the tower of Neidpath Castle. Jack spent his morning in the cottage to the side of Neidpath while greeting guests as they arrived to the castle and making the bouquets and button holes for all of the men in the bridal party. Natalie had her hair done by the talented Simon Hill from Sesh Hair Dressing and her makeup was done by Jenny Ross, and both were so lovely to work with! Natalie’s wedding dress and veil were from Jessica Bennett Bridal. The oversized bow in the back of dress and the tiny ruffles on the shoulders were my favorite details. Her shoes were also lovely, by the modern designer Camilla Elphick. Natalie read her letter (read how hilarious their personalities are in the photo of the card below) from Jack in private, had a glass of champagne, had a first look with her dad and bridesmaids in her dress and then made her way down to the main hall for the ceremony with her dad by her side.
The wedding ceremony at Neidpath Castle was held in a beautiful hall that was all candlelit and their was a beautiful Christmas Tree at the alter, where Jack was giving all of the sweet adorning looks at Natalie as she walked down the aisle. They exchanged rings, took part in a lot of historic Scottish wedding traditions and then roamed out of the front door as the bagpiper, Rex Benson, led them through a line of confetti to celebrate them becoming newlyweds! After the confetti line the couple took family portraits at the front door of Neidpath Castle and then Natalie and Jack roamed around the castle grounds for a bit, for a mix of alone time as well as couple portraits together before heading back into the reception with all of their guests. Neidpath Castle has a balcony that guests could walk all of the way up to, and they were cheering Natalie and Jack on as they made their way back into the castle! I think that is a very unique feature of this castle, as the cocktail hour is held in a hall at the very top of the castle, up a long and narrow spiral staircase, where the bagpiper could play in the rafters and the balcony was open to the guests, and that made it feel like it was right out of a storybook.
Neidpath Castle is such a beautiful setting for a romantic wedding day in the heart of scotland.
The floral arrangements in the dining hall and cocktail area were all done by the Neidpath Castle staff and the amazing dinner was catered by Cooks and Co, who were so thoughtful to us as vendors (and they went above and beyond in my book), as well as their whole staff just having the best manners I’ve ever seen. Truly, it’s something I notice and note for everyone that I work with, and only refer kind, genuine and considerate individuals. And the vendor team for this whole wedding day felt like that! After dinner, the evening then moved to another beautiful hall with beautiful tapestries for more drinks and desserts, with a beautiful cake cutting, coffee with shots and a delicious cheese board spread. Once the main hall was flipped to a dance floor, everyone then headed back downstairs to dance the night away to the DJ duo, Bangers & Brass. I was amazed at how atmospheric a live trumpet can make every song, I loved it! Towards the end of the evening we decided to go outside one more time for a few minutes of flash portraits in front of the castle, and in the short 5 minutes we were outside a magical snowfall began and it was seriously a fairytale ending to their wedding day. Neidpath Castle was honestly was such a beautiful castle to house Natalie and Jack’s romantic winter wedding day in Scotland. x
Scotland Castle Wedding Venue - Neidpath Castle (a beautiful castle in Peebles near the Scottish Borders) | Wedding Florist - Neidpath Castle Florist Team and the Groom made the bouquets and button holes! | Scotland Make-up Artist - Jenny Ross MUA | Scotland Wedding Hair Stylist - Simon Hill Hair from Sesh Hair Dressing | Wedding Dress and Veil - Jessica Bennett Bridal | Wedding Shoes - Camilla Elphick | Bridal Jewellry - All borrowed from the Bride’s mother and grandmother, besides the earrings from Monica Vinader | Grooms Entire Outfit - MacGregor & MacDuff | Bride + Groom Rings - Vintage Rings from R T Jewellery Monmouth, Bride's ring is from the 1930s and Groom's ring is from 1890s | Wedding Day Caterers - Cooks and Co. | Reception DJ - Bangers & Brass | Scottish Wedding Piper - Rex Benson |