Minard Castle
Loch Fyne, Argyll, Scotland
Castle Weddings
Marry at Minard
Castle
Located on the shores of scenic Loch Fyne, Minard Castle
is the perfect romantic venue for your wedding in a Scottish castle,
whether it be a simple celebration or a lavish, catered affair. Hold
your wedding ceremony in our elegant Drawing Room or in the formal
Dining Room, or choose an outdoor setting in the castle gardens,
on the lawn, or overlooking the Loch.
Ceremony
The Drawing Room
As a wedding venue Minard Castle is licensed for civil
weddings and civil partnership ceremonies performed by the Registrar,
or you may of course have a religious ceremony. Humanist
ceremonies can also be held here. The Drawing Room has a maximum
seating capacity of 40, and the Dining Room can seat up to 30;
outdoors, the sky is literally the limit.
Reception
The Dining Room
Minard Castle offers a venue for receptions of up to
30 people in the Dining Room and Breakfast Room or in the Drawing
Room. For larger receptions or catered dinners, a marquee can
be used in the grounds.
Overnight Guests
Bedroom, and view from bedroom window
Minard Castle can accommodate up to 20 overnight guests,
including the Bride and Groom, in our Bed and Breakfast rooms
and self-catering units. Guests requiring accommodation can stay
as many nights as they wish provided of course that we have availability.
Our four B&B rooms can sleep up to eleven people, and we have
self-catering properties which, if available, can sleep another
eight people in four bedrooms. In addition there are several
good hotels in the area, including the Lochgair Hotel, only five
miles away, which serves excellent food.
If you reserved all of the four bedrooms in the castle
you would have exclusive use of our facilities, but as this is
our own home we would of course be here. Our facilities would
comprise the garden and grounds, the entrance hall, the guest
bedrooms and the drawing room, as well as the breakfast room and
dining room during the reception or as agreed with us.
Check-in for overnight guests can be at any reasonable
time, normally after midday, and guests are asked to vacate bedrooms
by 10am on the day of departure, though they are welcome to enjoy
the garden and grounds for as long as they like.
You can check our bed & breakfast and self-catering
availability on our website by going to the Reservations page
and clicking on the Availability and
Online Reservations page. If you require a winter date,
please ask, as rooms are usually shown as not available when we
are closed for bed & breakfast, between November and the end
of March. The payment page on our website is secure as the information
is encrypted. Information exchanged with any web address beginning
with "https" (instead of "http") is encrypted
using SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) before transmission.
Facilities
Minard Castle is a romantic venue for your wedding,
with a capacity of up to forty people in the house for the ceremony
and reception. A larger function requires a marquee to be put
up in the grounds. Minard Castle offers bed & breakfast for
a small number of guests but it is not a hotel, so outside caterers
are needed for the reception and for additional meals other than
breakfast.
Arranging your Wedding
We can recommend a professional co-ordinator either
to assist you with details or to organise your entire event, but
we do not offer catering or wedding organising services ourselves
as Minard Castle is a small family concern and we do not provide
an in-house weddings organising service, nor can we offer a range
of "wedding packages". Catering, drinks, wedding cake,
flowers, music, photography and kilt hire are all available locally,
and we can recommend suppliers.
Costs
Venue Fee for Ceremony and Reception for up to 40 Guests,
£1500
Grounds Fee for Marquee, £500; required for a
larger number of guests
Overnight Accommodation in Minard Castle, £55
to £60 per person including breakfast
Overnight accommodation in self-catering units, £35
to £40 per person (breakfast in the castle, £7 per
person, may be available depending on numbers)
Deposits and Payments
A deposit of fifty percent of the Venue Fee for the
Ceremony and Reception, and of the Grounds Fee if a marquee is
required, must be paid at the time of booking. The balance is
payable four weeks before the date of the ceremony.
A deposit of £20 per room for each night booked
is required for a reservation of overnight accommodation in bed
& breakfast or self-catering rooms. Examples: one room for
one night, £20 deposit; two rooms for one night, £40
deposit; one room for three nights, £60 deposit. The balance
is payable on arrival at Minard Castle.
Payments may be made by cheque drawn on a British bank
and made payable to R. Gayre, or by credit card using the secure
payment form which will be found by going to the Availability
and Reservations page on this website - it is only intended
for accommodation but you can chose any date with available rooms
and put a note saying you are paying a wedding deposit instead.
We can also take credit card details by phone, fax or mail. It
is not advisable to send these details in an e-mail as it is not
secure.
Cancellations
Please refer to the Cancellations Policy on the Availability and Reservations page on
our website.
Brochures
This website gives you a lot more information than
our small printed brochure. If you require the little leaflet
for any reason, please ask and we can send it to you.
Visits
You would be very welcome to pay us a visit, and we
will be glad to meet you and show you round Minard Castle ourselves.
If you would like to visit us, please just let us know when you
might be coming, in order to be sure we will be available on the
day.
Questions
Please just ask if we can answer any questions for
you. We find that every couple's requirements are different and
we would be happy to discuss your wedding plans with you.
For more details please contact:
Reinold and Anne Gayre
Minard Castle
Minard
Argyll PA32 8YB
Scotland
Telephone/fax: 44 (0) 1546 886272
Website: www.minardcastle.com
E-mail: reinoldgayre@minardcastle.com
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Minard Castle Self-Catering is the
trading name of Minard Castle Limited
Company Number SC245552. Registered Office 34 Melville Street,
Edinburgh EH3 7HA
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© Reinold Gayre 2001-2008