Gosfield Hall Wedding Venue
Gosfield Hall
Georgian Mansion Wedding Venue in Essex
Gosfield Hall is among the select few Essex wedding venues featured at Coco Wedding Venues, a great starting point for planning if you are newly engaged. It truly is an all-weather venue, with many beautiful spaces inside and plenty of room for everyone, making it ideal regardless of what the weather is doing outside.
As Gosfield Hall was built in 1545 there is a lot of history here. It’s quite a rabbit hole to go down.
Whenever I shoot a wedding here I always think of just how many people have lived here, slept here, ate here… and married here of course!
The Comte de Provence took refuge here, as did thirty-three evacuees welcomed by the family of Samuel Coulthard during WWII.
Samuel bought Gosfield Hall in 1854, and upon his death, he bequeathed it to his adopted daughter, Louisa Lowe. During the war, and in the 1950s, as part of a preservation order, Essex County Council acquired Gosfield Hall for £14,000, which amuses me considering how much weddings cost!
Samuel Coulthard amassed his wealth from his family textile business, starting with his silk mill in Braintree. Coulthards grew into an international leader in man-made fabrics. That’s the really short version! He also dabbled a little in politics as a supporter of the Whigs, actively campaigning for the Reform Act and the abolition of slavery
His great-nephew, also named Samuel Coulthard (evidently inventive entrepreneurs but lacking imagination when it came to names), also worked in the family business. However, he became most well-known for his love of art.
This is how I get back to weddings in a long-winded way.
In 1927, he moved into Home House in Portman Square with his art. Home House is now a private members’ club where I have photographed wedding receptions, just like Gosfield Hall. Both are homes with a Coulthard legacy, now transformed into wedding venues.
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