New Place Hotel Wedding Venue, Shirrell Heath

New Place Hotel, a Jacobean manor in thirty two acres

Capacity

110 Arden Suite ceremony

95 Dining Room seated

55 Bristol Room ceremony

Rooms

On site

Grounds

32 acres

Preparation

Beauty Suite on site

Filming at New Place Hotel

New Place sits in thirty two acres of Hampshire countryside just outside Shirrell Heath and the first thing that strikes you is how much choice the place gives you. Most venues have one room and one lawn. New Place has four or five genuinely different spaces, which means a film shot here does not run out of looks by the middle of the afternoon.

The Bristol Room is the one I would pick for a smaller ceremony. Jacobean ceiling, mahogany panelling covered in coats of arms and merchant marks and a fireplace that anchors every wide shot. It seats fifty five. Dark wood is not easy to expose for, so I light the front of the room rather than relying on what comes through the windows, which keeps faces clean without making it look lit.

The Dining Room is the opposite. It is the largest space in the manor, bright and open, with the terrace and gardens behind you and ninety five seated. The Arden Suite sits away from the house in the woodland with its own terrace and bar and takes a hundred and ten. The long aisle in there is the single best walking shot on the estate. Outside, the garden ceremony and the terrace drinks reception give me the wide, loose, unposed footage that usually carries the middle of the film.

There is a proper preparation suite with beauty stations and real daylight, which is rarer than it sounds. Most bridal prep happens in a hotel room with the curtains half shut and a ring light doing the work. Daylight through a big window makes the morning footage look like the rest of the day rather than a different film.

To get more information about New Place Hotel you can visit their website at newplacehotel.co.uk.

Their address is New Place Hotel, High Street, Shirrell Heath, Southampton, Hampshire, SO32 2JY.

Shannon and Ash at New Place Hotel

Shannon and Ash got married here and I filmed the whole day. If you would rather see what a wedding at New Place actually looks like than read about it, their day is the best place to start.

How I work on the day

No posing, no forced smiles, no interruptions. I film what happens and I keep out of the way while I do it. If your photographer sets something up I will use it, but I am not going to stop your day for the sake of a shot.

Shannon and Ash, Wedding Teaser Film at New Place Hotel
Shannon and Ash, Wedding Highlight Film at New Place Hotel

Filming notes for New Place Hotel

  1. Four spaces to work with: the Garden outside, the Bristol Room at fifty five, the Dining Room at ninety five and the Arden Suite at a hundred and ten.
  2. The Bristol Room is dark panelled Jacobean, so I light the front of the room rather than fighting the windows.
  3. The Arden Suite has the longest aisle on the estate and sits in the woodland with its own terrace and bar.
  4. Thirty two acres of grounds, so portraits do not have to happen on top of the drinks reception.
  5. A preparation suite with real daylight, which makes the morning footage match the rest of the day.

Other Venues in Hampshire

There are many wedding venues in the Hampshire area and some of my personal favourites are;

  1. Cain Manor, Headley Down, GU35 8SR
  2. Sandford Springs, Kingsclere, Tadley RG26 5RT
  3. The Spinnaker Tower, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, PO1 3TT
  4. Lainston House, Sparsholt, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2LT
  5. The Old Barn, Highfield Lane, Eversley, Hampshire RG27 0PN
  6. The Royal Marine, Clarence Parade, Southsea, Hampshire PO5 3PB

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on your numbers and on the look you want. The Bristol Room seats fifty five and is the most characterful, with a Jacobean ceiling and mahogany panelling covered in coats of arms. The Dining Room is the largest and brightest at ninety five, with the terrace and gardens behind you. The Arden Suite takes a hundred and ten and sits out in the woodland with its own terrace and bar.

No, but it needs planning rather than hoping. Dark panelling absorbs a lot of light, so I light the front of the room rather than relying on what comes through the windows. Faces stay clean and the room still looks like itself. Tell me your ceremony time and I will know exactly what I am working with.

The walk down the aisle in the Arden Suite. It is the longest aisle on the estate and a long aisle gives me time to hold a shot and let it breathe rather than cutting away after two seconds.

There is a dedicated preparation suite with beauty stations and real daylight, which is rarer than it sounds. Most bridal prep happens in a hotel room with the curtains half shut and a ring light doing the work. Daylight through a big window means the morning footage matches the rest of the day.

Yes, and the garden ceremony with drinks on the terrace afterwards is where most of the loose unposed footage comes from. Thirty two acres also means the couple portraits do not have to happen on top of your guests.

Questions about packages, pricing and how long the films take to arrive are answered on my full FAQ page. Anything specific to New Place Hotel that is not here, just ask me.

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