Kirsty and David chose the beautiful Rowton Castle, near the Shropshire-Powys border for their late July wedding and it was a fantastic day! After a relaxed morning getting ready, the couple had an intimate outdoor ceremony at the Belvedere, attended by thirty of their closest friends and family. The couple’s two young children walked ahead of stunning bride Kirsty (wearing the biggest smile!) down the aisle, to meet groom David at the terrace steps so they could approach the last few paces to their ceremony hand in hand.

With more guests joining the celebrations shortly after the ceremony, David and Kirsty enjoyed a fabulously sunny afternoon, with an ice cream cart helping keep guests cool and some lawn games providing entertainment. After a gentle walk around the castle’s lovely grounds and woodland area to capture some relaxed portraits of the couple, they sat down to dinner in the castle’s beautiful, sunlit Cardeston Suite, with just the briefest of speeches made by David to express the couple’s thanks to their loved ones for joining them on their special day.

It was a pleasure to shoot alongside Chantelle Spare on this occasion (www.chantellesparesphotography.co.uk)

 
 
The front of Shropshire wedding venue Rowton Castle, seen through trees.
Bride Kirsty looks up as a stylist arranges her hair.
Bride Kirsty getting her hair done on the morning of her wedding.
The couple’s daughter has a tiara placed in her hair as she gets ready for their wedding.
Close-up detail of a sparkly pair of strappy bridal sandals for Kirsty’s wedding attire.
A bridal bouquet of dried flowers and feathery grasses sits outside a pale green door.
Detail of the back of bride Kirsty’s lacy wedding dress, with a veil covering her shoulders.
Bride Kirsty sits on a white metal bench in the grounds of Rowton Castle in Shropshire.
Groom David’s father pins a boutonniere onto his son’s jacket lapel.
Groom David pins his young son’s buttonhole to his pale blue jacket.
Close-up detail of groom David’s patterned pink pocket square and dried flower boutonniere.
Groom David stands on the front steps of Rowton Castle on the morning of his wedding.
Groom David, dressed in wedding attire, stands in front of a studded wooden door at Rowton Castle.
Groom David stands between his young son and his nephew on the front steps of Rowton Castle.
A young flower girl in a white dress and pink cardigan looks out of the window to the gardens of Rowton Castle.
Groom David greets wedding guests in the lounge at Rowton Castle.
A grandmother greets her young grandson, a page boy dressed in a pale blue suit.
A couple’s wedding rings sit nestled among pink roses and green foliage.
The Belvedere in the grounds of Rowton Castle, dressed for a wedding with dried flower arrangements lining the aisle.
Wedding guests await bride Kirsty’s arrival at the Belvedere in the grounds of Rowton Castle.
A young bridesmaid in a pink dress walks down the aisle arm-in-arm with a young groomsman in a pale blue suit.
The couple’s young son and daughter walk hand-in-hand down the aisle ahead of the ir mother, the bride.
Bride Kirsty walks down the long outdoor aisle to reach her wedding ceremony at Rowton Castle’s Belvedere.
Groom David turns to watch his bride Kirsty approaching as she walks down the aisle towards him.
Groom David holds out his hand to help bride Kirsty down some steps.
Bride Kirsty, holding a bouquet of dried flowers and grasses, walks down the aisle towards her groom David.
Bride and groom hold hands as they walk towards the Belvedere at Rowton Castle to be married.
Kirsty and David hold hands as they exchange wedding vows at the Belvedere in the gardens of Rowton Castle.
The bride and groom smile during their outdoor wedding ceremony at Rowton Castle.
Bride Kirsty and groom David exchange rings during their Rowton Castle wedding.
A couple dressed in wedding attire hold hands as they face each other during an outdoor wedding ceremony.
Family members smile as they watch David and Kirsty’s outdoor wedding ceremony.
Bride Kirsty and groom David share their first kiss as a newlywed couple during their Rowton Castle wedding.
The bride and groom sign their marriage register after their wedding ceremony in Rowton Castle’s Belvedere, framed by dried flowers and grasses.
A wedding guest dressed in a pale blue suit holds a handful of petal confetti.
The newly-married couple walk down the aisle as their friends and family applaud.
David and Kirsty walk down the aisle at Rowton Castle as their friends and family shower them in confetti.
Drinks are held on a silver tray for the newly-married couple at the end of their wedding ceremony.
The bride and groom toast each other with glasses of prosecco after their wedding ceremony.
Bride Kirsty hugs a young bridesmaid in a pale pink dress just after the wedding ceremony.
The bride hugs friends shortly after her wedding ceremony.
Groom David laughs as he greets and chats with wedding guests.
A bride leans in to greet a baby held in the arms of a wedding guest.
Bride Kirsty smiles as she bends down to hug her elderly grandmother during the wedding reception.
Groom David mingles with wedding guests in Rowton Castle’s gardens during his wedding reception.
A young bridesmaid in a light pink dress hugs her grandmother during a wedding reception.
Two female wedding guests smile and chat during an outdoor wedding reception at Shropshire venue Rowton Castle.
A wedding guest fondly touches the face of the bride’s grandmother at the wedding reception.
A young flower girl in a while frilly dress and pale pink cardigan spins around on a lawn to make her dress flare out.
A woman with long hair and a red dress plays croquet on the lawns of Rowton Castle during an outdoor wedding reception.
A toddler dressed in a pale blue short suit plays with wooden Jenga blocks at a wedding reception.
A pair of wedding guests smile down at a baby wearing a sunhat.
Two young siblings sit looking at each other on a covered wooden bench.
A young flower girl glances off to the side during formal family portraits on a wedding day.
A female wedding guest in a blue dress chats to bride Kirsty during an outdoor wedding reception.
A blonde female guest wearing a green animal-print dress laughs as she enjoys a wedding reception.
A newly-wed couple hold hands as they walk down the drive at Shropshire wedding venue Rowton Castle.
A newly-married couple stand with their foreheads touching as they hold each other.
Wedding portrait of a couple in front of Rowton Castle in Shropshire.
A groom and bride hold each other close as they stand in front of wedding venue Rowton Castle.
Bride Kirsty and groom David sit together on a white metal bench in the grounds of wedding venue Rowton Castle.
A couple walk together next to a pond in the grounds of Rowton Castle.
A couple hold hands as they walk away, heading towards their wedding breakfast inside Rowton Castle.
A couple dressed in wedding attire stand together on the terrace steps outside the rear of Rowton Castle.
The bride and groom pose for a family photograph with their young son and daughter, all dressed in wedding attire.
The Cardeston Suite at Rowton Castle is decorated with dried flowers and grasses for a wedding breakfast.
An arrangement of dried flowers and feathery grasses decorates the top table at a wedding breakfast in Rowton Castle’s Cardeston Suite.
Wedding guests clap as the newly-married couple enter their wedding reception.
Guests laugh together whilst seated for the wedding breakfast in Rownton Castle’s Cardeston Suite.
A brunette wedding guest wearing a blue dress and orange headband smiles as she talks to a friend.