Cornwell Manor and the surrounding privately owned hamlet is on a 2,000-acre estate located near Chipping Norton on the Oxfordshire-Gloucestershire borders. Reputedly one of the prettiest houses in England, it is also one of the most romantic places to get married in and the bliss is that you can have Cornwell exclusively to yourself.

The beautiful grounds and gardens, together with the house, offer a stunning backdrop for your wedding and there are a number of ways to celebrate your marriage at Cornwell Manor: whether it be an intimate ceremony in the Ballroom followed by a lavish dinner, a church wedding with a pretty flower-filled marquee for the wedding breakfast and later some live music for you to dance the night away (‘til 2 am), or an open-air humanist ceremony in the rural setting of the fields beyond the haha overlooking the house and lakes, with a sharing board feast in giant Teepees.

Never open to the public it is now available for exclusive private hire, weddings and events during a few months of the year and remains a peaceful and graceful presence in the ever-popular Cotswolds. To stay here offers a glimpse into a rare and privileged, very British way of life; to be married here is a fantasy fulfilled.

Photography: Wild Weddings and Barker Evans