Liana & Nick / Hyde House

Hyde House sits just outside Stow-on-the-Wold, a Victorian house with a barn beside it, and everything a wedding needs happens in one place. Liana & Nick married there on a Sunday in September 2021: getting ready in the house, the ceremony in the barn, confetti on the lawn and a wedding breakfast with live singers working the room.

I photographed it documentary-style: unposed, quiet, close enough to hear the joke and far enough not to be in it. What follows is the day in the order it happened, from the bridal suite to the last dance.

Aerial view of Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold on a wedding day
Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold Cotswolds wedding venue on the wedding day
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding dress and shoes before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding dress and shoes before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom getting ready for a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom getting ready for a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom getting ready for a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom getting ready for a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom getting ready for a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bridal preparations before a wedding at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Ceremony barn at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding guests arriving at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding guests arriving at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom waiting for the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Groom waiting for the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bride arriving for the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bride arriving for the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bride arriving for the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Wedding ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Confetti after the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Confetti after the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Confetti after the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Confetti after the ceremony at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Couple portraits at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Couple portraits at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Couple portraits at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Couple portraits at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Couple portraits at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cotswolds
Entertainment during the wedding breakfast at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Entertainment during the wedding breakfast at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Entertainment during the wedding breakfast at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Entertainment during the wedding breakfast at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding speeches at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding speeches at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Wedding cake at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Bride with her mother at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Couple at night under festoon lights at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Cutting the cake at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
First dance at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold
Evening dancing at Hyde House, Stow-on-the-Wold

A Hyde House wedding, bridal suite to dance floor

Liana’s mum read out a card in the bridal suite and that was the end of everyone’s make-up. Then it was across to the barn, where Nick was waiting, and after the ceremony the confetti came out on the lawn and Liana’s laugh said everything. Once the wedding breakfast started the singers came through the tables with the sax player and the dance floor never really emptied.

Hyde House is one of my favourite Cotswolds venues, and there is more about it on my Cotswolds wedding photographer page. One price, £2,500 all in, unlimited hours and travel included. Check your date