Wedding Photographers & Videographers at Bryn Du Mansion, Granville

Bryn Du Mansion in Granville gives a wedding a whole 52-acre estate, with a sandstone mansion at its center and a wide lawn running out in front of it. For wedding photos and video, that means choices: the formal garden, the patios, the lawn and the mansion's paneled rooms all within a short walk.

Your wedding ceremony can be held in the Formal Garden (available when the Mansion is booked too), on the Front Patio, on the Great Lawn or on the Field House Terrace, large or small. The receptions vary just as much: a small brunch in the mansion, a large party in the Field House, or a tent in the backyard. Inside the mansion you'll find hand-crafted wood paneling in the East and West wings and the formal dining room, plus front and rear patios. The building is wheelchair accessible and has a catering kitchen.

Inside the Field House, about 7,200 square feet, there's a wooden cathedral ceiling, a balcony and two outdoor patios. It comes empty, so you bring in the furnishings and design the room yourself, and the balcony gives a videographer a high angle on the toasts and the first dance. You can work with the caterer and wedding services you choose, using the venue's vendor guide for ideas. Alcohol is allowed with a permit and liability insurance. A booking reserves the venue for the day.

• Schedule a private tour and walk the ceremony sites with your photographer.
• Read the venue's photography guidelines, which cover the grounds and building interiors.
• Ask about the alcohol permit and insurance well ahead of your wedding day.

A little about Bryn Du Mansion

The first house here was an Italianate villa built in the 1860s from sandstone quarried on the property; after 1905 a new owner remodeled it into today's Georgian-Federal mansion over nearly five years. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and the Village of Granville bought the estate in 2002.