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Maunsel House
Wedding Venue
Maunsel House
North Newton
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA7 0BU.
England
tel:- 01278 661 076
fax:- 01278 661 074
web address:- www.maunselhouse.co.uk/
e-mail:- info@maunselhouse.co.uk
Maunsel House :-
Venue type - Manor House
Venue type Historical Building: Venue type - Historical Building
Number of function rooms available for weddings: Exclusive use of house
Function room names and capacities:
Ballroom - civil ceremonies - 102 (with extension marquee 140)
Evening 200+
Bandstand - outside - civil ceremonies 200
Roofed pergola - 200 with outside heating
Church on site 50
Guests rooms available: exclusive use 13 bedrooms & 3 cottages
Honeymoon suite available: yes
Garden suitable for marquees: yes for up to 250
Local accommodation: Walnut tree hotel North Petherton
Choice of wedding breakfast menus - Yes
Alcohol License - Yes
Toastmaster Available - Yes
Entertainment Available - Yes
Dedicated wedding planner available - Yes
Licensed for Civil Ceremonies - Yes
Outdoor Fireworks Permitted - Yes
Dance Floor - Yes
Evening Reception Facilities - Yes
Car Parking Facilities - Yes
Entertainment is available: variety of entertainment on request
Wedding services provided: exclusive use with a wedding planner and week day packages.
Gardens or outside locations suitable for wedding photography: Beautiful 100 acre parkland with lakes and walnut groves and many rare breed animals and birds
Suitable locations inside the venue for wedding photography: outstanding photographic opportunities inside and out. Still set out as a home, with family portraits, coates of armour and typically a hunting Country Manor.
Local picturesque areas suitable for wedding photography: The mendips surround this outstanding 13th Century Country Manor.
Venue History: In A.D 1086 (Doomsday), the manor was called 'Maunsel' being derived from the
French meaning 'sleeve of Land' and was granted to Count Eustace of Boulogne, kinsman of William the Conqueror. At the time of Henry 11, William De Erleigh granted Maunsel to Phillip Arbalistarius as a dowry to his daughter Mabel on payment of two pigs every Whitsuntide at his court of Durston. His son Phillip married the daughter of Sir Hugh d'Auderville and assumed the surname of Maunsel.
Phillip de Maunsel became progenitor of the family with the surname 'Maunsell' and 'Mansel'. The Estate passed to the Bacon family of Norfolk and then to the Slade family.
The Slade family between 1772 and 1868 built two further wings of Maunsel, to the North and West. In more recent times, Sir Benjamin has undertaken an extensive restoration programme for both the house and the surrounding estate. This has included the buying back of various parts of land sold off by ancestors and returning the house to a befitting state. See website for more.
Other information: Maunsel House has appeared on television and in magazines in many different capacities, lots of famous people have stayed at Maunsel and have married here too.
The house caters for weddings, conferences, parties, midweek breaks in the cottages, events, festivals. Camping space available.
Wedding Trivia:
RING
Rings were used as currency in the Middle East prior to the advent of coinage and were a sign of a persons wealth. In ancient times the wedding ring was thought to protected the bride from "evil spirits". Ancient Roman wedding rings were made of iron. In early Rome a gold band came to symbolize everlasting love and commitment in marriage. Roman wedding rings were carved with two clasped hands. Very early rings had a carved key through which a woman was thought to be able to open her husband's heart.
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