BOUGHTON MONCHELSEA PLACE
near Maidstone, Kent
MARRIAGE CEREMONIES
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This venue is licensed for the performance of civil marriage ceremonies.
Unlike many other venues, we only book one ceremony per day.
The vaulted Entrance Hall, where the marriage ceremonies are performed, can comfortably take 50 or 60 guests seated, with room for up to 20 more standing. If the weather is fine, the bride and groom can choose to make their vows under the canopy of the Tudor porch, with guests seated or standing on the lawn. In this case, the number of guests is virtually unlimited.
| There is a pretty upstairs room, with full-length mirrors, where the bride may, if she wishes, change into her wedding clothes prior to making an entrance down the sweeping main staircase which leads to the Entrance Hall. |  |
The bride may arrive here up to an hour before the ceremony to get ready. Full bathroom facilities are available. |
From 1 January 2008, our standard fee for a marriage ceremony package is £650 on a weekday or £750 on a Saturday morning. This includes time after the ceremony for photos and perhaps a celebration drink for your guests if you wish to provide this (please note that food may not be served if the booking is for a ceremony only). Altogether your booking entitles your party to exclusive use of the venue for an hour and a half, starting from the time your marriage ceremony is booked to commence. You and your guests will of course be free to wander round the gardens throughout this time and you may take photographs in the house and in the gardens.
The package also includes services of a waitress to pour your after-ceremony drinks, candles to be lit during the ceremony, hire of our chiller cabinet for cooling your wine and hire of our garden furniture in case of fine weather.
Please note that at present we do not charge V.A.T., but this may be subject to change within the next few months.
Please note also that, with the exception of bridesmaids, your wedding guests must not include children under the age of 14 years.
N.B. The registrar's fee for performing the ceremony is not included in our price.
We also offer afternoon wedding
receptions (with a finishing time of 5pm) on Mondays to Fridays.