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Last update: December 2023
The Buttery and Glasshouse at the Bull Hotel is a unique non-rush 48-hour wedding venue where, yes, you will have all of us dedicated to your wedding from the day-before setting up until the restoring full English breakfast the day after your wedding day.
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It’s a luxury that won’t cost you any extra
Forget the pressure to set up the venue on your wedding day. Forget driving away at midnight after partying. Forget looking for accommodation for your nearest and dearest. Indulge yourself on a 48-hour venue hire starting with the setting-up the day before until the farmhouse style full English breakfast for the newlyweds and their guests the day after the wedding.
Your own 14th century country inn
The Bull Hotel is the home of The Buttery & Glasshouse.
With a view to expand the venue capacity to 100 day-guests and to offer a spectacular weather-proof space, the whole courtyard was renovated in 2022 to create an innovative and unique wedding venue. On one side, the historic barn-style Buttery offers the most intimate ceremony space, full of character and six centuries of history, gorgeous light, beamed ceilings and ancient stone wall. Opposite to The Buttery, the newly built, ultra-contemporary Glasshouse with wrap around glass doors that open up onto the alfresco terrace and a spectacular retractable domed roof - a space flooded with natural light.
With a plethora of options of spaces, weddings flow seamlessly from one area to the next. Couples feel the stress taken out of the planning process by dedicated wedding coordinators who prepare bespoken quotes and carefully organise the timeline for the wedding.
Ceremony, dressing room, catering, bar, hotel bedrooms, car park - The Buttery & Glasshouse at The Bull is a charming historic and contemporary one-stop wedding venue.
Our most popular wedding package, The Indulgent, offers the unique 48-hour hire so couples can make the most of this historic inn, its award winning kitchen, 11 ensuite bedrooms, full stocked bars and a multiple spaces to entertain guests. It's a luxury that won't cost you any extra.
You will know the venue, the faces are all familiar and the staff know how you like your morning coffee. The Bull will become your second home and the whole team will know your family and their favourite drinks. Gracing the corridors in slippers, robes and face masks, nobody bats an eyelid, which is the indulgence of getting married in your own country inn. It really does become your home for those 48 hours.
Late availability & offers - Wedding In A Year 2024
Are you getting married in six months or less? It can be done! You can have a 'Wedding In A Year' here at The Buttery and Glasshouse.
Don't think of 'late availability' weddings as a rush or panic, they're just a great option for couples who want to get married, and don’t want to wait!
There are many ways to take advantage of our 'late availability' packages, from peak Saturday's to off-peak, mid-week and winter wedding, they are all fantastic ways to get your fairytale wedding within your budget.
The Buttery & Glasshouse at The Bull Hotel is a unique wedding venue and will become your second home, which is the luxury of getting married in your own country inn.
Uncomplicated and straightforward wedding packages for 50 guests including catering, drinks, hire, ceremony and 11 bedrooms, usually priced at £14,500. However, if you book your 2024 wedding before the 31st January, you can get it for £12,000.
Welcome to any wedding size
Did you have different numbers in mind? Do you prefer a weekday wedding? Is a Sunday wedding your dream date? What about extending it to a whole bank holiday weekend?
Far from one-fits-all, The Bull Hotel is probably the only venue in Kent that really offers bespoke packages and payment plans. Our prices range from £6,500 to £27,000 (long weekend weddings) and we welcome all wedding sizes and formats.
The Buttery & Glasshouse is an all-weather venue with capacity for ceremonies for up to 100 guests.
Sample quote
A premium peak season 2024 Saturday wedding for 50 day-guests with everything included is priced around £14,500.
This sample quote includes
*Exclusive hire of The Buttery & Glasshouse for the ceremony, wedding breakfast and reception
*Three-course wedding breakfast prepared by The Bull’s chefs with an option of the unique smokehouse feast
*The honeymoon suite for getting ready and for the newly-weds’ first night
*Table wine for the meal, welcome drinks and sparkling wine for toasting
*Evening reception - disco, dancing, party food
*Access to the hotel facilities *Dedicated wedding coordinator and in-house wedding team
*The hire of the whole hotel is available as well as a multi-day celebration (supplement applied)
*Eleven ensuite bedrooms for the couple and guests
Winner of the Events Team Of The Year Award 2023/2024
The team focus on building a relationship and building our couple’s confidence. It’s a journey we embark on and by the end our couples are reassured and ready to experience their wedding day...in the moment. On the day itself the wedding coordinator role comes into its own. Nothing is more important than ensuring that a married couple has relinquished all of their last-minute worries and wobbles. At the very heart of everything we do is an overriding sense of service to ensure that our couples feel confident, relaxed and at ease throughout the whole process.
Winner of the Wedding WOW Factor Award 2022/2023
Hidden behind the 14th-century The Bull Hotel in Wrotham near Sevenoaks, forming a unique Kentish courtyard, The Buttery & Glasshouse is a totally unexpected venue with wraparound glass doors and a spectacular retractable roof surrounded by a historic barn-style ceremony room, causing that spontaneous first reaction; ‘Wow!’ The Bull is also twice winner of the Boutique Venue category.
Sunday weddings
Imagine a small, intimate Sunday wedding surrounded by 50 of your closest friends and family, and a delicious roast dinner, with the whole inn for your exclusive use. Sounds superb doesn't it? From £8,500 based on 50 day guests and 100 evening guests, price includes all package features.
And much more...
Far from one-fits-all, The Buttery & Glasshouse at The Bull Hotel is probably one of the only venues in Kent that really offers bespoke packages and payment plans.
Do share with us your plans and dreams, and we will work together to prepare a bespoke quote and payment plan for you.
Come for one of our open days or contact the wedding coordinators and book a private viewing.
We look forward to welcoming you around our wedding venue and helping to plan your big day!
See our Bull Hotel Listing too - https://www.hitched.co.uk/wedding-venues/the-bull-hotel_340297.htm
The Buttery & Glasshouse
The Bull Hotel
Bull Lane
Wrotham
Sevenoaks
TN15 7RF
01732 789 800
www.theglasshousekent.co.uk
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The Buttery and Glasshouse
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Scott Kendall Photography
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All Shapes & Slices Cake Co
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Jodi Hanagan Photography
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