On Sunday 28 May, we had the pleasure of attending Sam and his partners wedding with our traditional ice cream bicycle at the stunning country venue, Brympton House near Yeovil in Somerset.
If you could picture the quintessential English country house, I don’t think Brympton House would be too far off!
Weddings, sun and ice cream were the order of the day and Brympton House was the perfect host.
The most beautiful house in England
As a mark of how glorious it is, the house has been called the most beautiful in England.
In 1927, Country Life dedicated three articles to Brympton House in which Christopher Hussey, an architectural authority of the time, termed it “the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities.”
Located just off of a quiet road and down a long drive, the house all of a sudden opens up to the left-hand side of you.
The drive leading to the buildings frames the beautiful house just beyond perfectly, with gorgeous old stone houses and buildings, lining the driveway to the main house to the left and right hand side.
It was our first visit with our ice cream bicycle to Brympton House in Somerset.
With gorgeous blue skies, there couldn’t have been a better day to celebrate a wedding on a sunny day in May.
It’s fair to say there’s also not many other venues we would have preferred to be at!
Wedding venues
As I was chatting to the catering team who were busy preparing canopies and refreshments for the drinks reception, I commented when looking at the name of the venue that I couldn’t remember if I had attended a wedding here before.
However, upon arrival as the gorgeous manor house opened out before me, I realised it was my first time and you certainly couldn’t have had a better day or a nicer couple for it.
As I mentioned to the caterers, having run the Garbanzo’s Event Hire wedding and event hire business for over 10 years, in the early stages I used to remember every venue that I had attended!
This usually included the practical stuff of where I’d parked, the access routes to set up areas, best serving spots and other handy and not very interesting stuff for the usual visitors to the venues!
However over ten years down the line and hundreds if not thousands of venues later, plus a little middle aged memory fog and somehow they’ve all merged into each other.
Brympton House however, I didn’t think I’ll be forgetting in a hurry!
Brympton House key features
As we overlooked the generous lawn and lake from our ice cream bicycle serving position it was abundantly clear that Brympton House has a lot to offer across its beautiful grounds.
The key features of Brympton House for those looking to hire it for weddings, special occasions or corporate events are many!
These include exclusive use for hirees and a civil license so ceremonies can be performed on the grounds in its own private church. The house comfortably sleeps 72 guests and can host 228 guests seated for meals.
It also has its own ‘party barn’ – (I didn’t see this personally, but just the name has got me interested!) and is a beautiful space for any occasion with the honeymoon suite being a particular jewel in Brympton Houses’ crown.
With everything that it offers on its generous grounds, Brympton House is the perfect venue for a stress free wedding day.
Venue history
Brympton House, otherwise known as Brympton d’Evercy is a grade 1 listed Manor House.
Building was begun by the D’Evercy family around 1220 and proceeded to expand slowly up until the 18th century. It was little known for 750 years, and after spending a short time as a boys school after the Second World War, was reclaimed as a private home.
It remains a private house to this day, but is occasionally hired out as a filming location or for weddings and hospitality events as I had attended today.
The complex of buildings on site consists of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House.
The Garbanzo’s ice cream bicycle at Brympton House
The reason why I love the job of running Garbanzo’s Event Hire is how it takes me to such beautiful places and having the honour of being a a small part of peoples weddings and celebrations.
Sometimes I have to remind myself how special this really is. Attending events with our ice cream bicycles and other event hire items gives myself and the team privileged access to many magical venues and occasions, peeking into other social groups, friends and family groups that we otherwise wouldn’t get to see.
Attending Brympton House with our ice cream bike was this exact privilege and we enjoyed playing our small part in helping the happy couple, their friends and family celebrate on their big day!
Thanks for having us along to an amazing afternoon and we look forward to attending Brympton House again with our ice cream bicycle or other hire items again soon.
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