Blantyre Ceiling detail: Main Hall circa 1902
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Timeless… Some of the world’s greatest love stories began at Blantyre. Set amidst 110 acres of lush lawns and woodlands and steeped in a rich, gilded age history, Blantyre is often celebrated as a romantic destination, brimming with period details and attentive service. Located equidistant to New York and Boston, yet seemingly worlds apart, Blantyre is a private sanctuary with luxurious appointments and modern amenities. Whether selecting the ornate, light filled Music Room with its spectacular Murano chandeliers and twin fireplaces, The Conservatory overlooking the exuberant gardens or the Grand Lawn with its commanding views of the Manor House - Blantyre provides distinctive venues, each an unparalleled backdrop for your wedding festivities. Foregoing traditional packaged wedding programs, each Blantyre wedding is unique and of its own. Drawn from a world of exclusive resources, your dream wedding is our singular focus - punctuated by world class service and an attention to detail reminiscent of a gentler time. …Write your own history in this storied landscape, where “happily ever after” begins… Photo credits: Dani Fine Photography
Classic… Exclusively your’s - the 1902 Tudor-style estate, is comprised of twenty-four luxurious guest accommodations. As one of the founding members of Relais & Chateaux - North America and Forbes rated since 2008, Blantyre boasts countless accolades over a long and fabled history of hospitality and grace. The elegant Manor House provides eight period guest rooms and suites, including the elegant Paterson Bridal Suite, appropriately positioned atop the grand staircase. Wedding processionals sweep past richly paneled walls, leaded glass windows and a cascading chandelier of Murano crystal. Wood burning fireplaces, claw footed soaking tubs and intricate moldings are just a few of the unique features of the historic estate. Equally well appointed, eleven Carriage House rooms are adjacent to our tranquil, full service Spa, located in the estate’s original Potting Shed. Each guest room embraces its own, unique character, modern conveniences and a private terrace or balcony. Across the manicured lawns, four whimsical cottages of grand proportions offer full kitchen and dining areas - ideal for families. Steps from the Main House, yet secluded, each provides pristine privacy within the estate grounds. Photo credits: Dani Fine Photography / Genevieve de Manio Photography / Scott Clark Photography
Indulgent Michelin starred Chef Daniel Boulud presents his celebrated, french-inspired cuisine by Cafe Boulud at Blantyre. Sumptuous, culinary talents are paired with award winning wines from our stone cellar and impeccable service throughout. From spirited Bride & Groom cocktails and delightful canapés, bountiful buffets of exotic foods or a multi-course dinner culminating in the wedding cake of your dreams, each element of your Blantyre wedding is seamlessly produced to perfection. From the traditional to the unconventional, Café Boulud’s bespoke menus, delight and surprise, with flawless execution of each detail. Inventive selections from regional farms or delicacies of far away lands will tempt and transport your guests on a memorable culinary journey. Custom created wedding cakes are as light as air in their presentation as in their flavor profiles. Choose from a menu of exceptional compositions or incorporate your favorite flavors in a towering masterpiece - your wish is our command. By dusk you’ll be dancing the night away, under your own private swath of Berkshire sky. Photo credits: Genevieve de Manio Photography
Idyllic Start your wedding day in the tranquil Spa at Blantyre, where restorative treatments recharge the mind, body and soul. A full range of treatments await in five serene spa suites, including a Hungarian Body Scrub, our indulgent Signature Moor Mud or Berkshire Stone Massage. Relax poolside with house-made Mimosa’s and Bellini’s before retreating to your suite for hair and make-up services that primp and pamper. Richly textured landscapes provide a beautiful palette of greens on which to enjoy numerous on- site activities. Tennis, Shuffleboard and Croquet., explorative Bicycling or Hikes along the perimeter trails offer endless opportunities to enjoy your friends and family, without leaving the estate grounds.
Photo credits: Scott Clark Photography Photo credits: Scott Clark Photography Photo credits: Dani Fine Photography The Upper Lawn The Grand Lawn The Conservatory Situated on the west face of the estate, the Upper Lawn Just a stones throw from the Manor House, The Originally a showcase for prize winning orchids and is ideal for spectacular ceremonies and tented affairs. Grand Lawn is a lovely expanse of landscaped flowering plants, The Conservatory is now the fragrant The stately Manor House is perfectly centered above grounds. Majestic, centuries old trees and vibrant, epicenter of our illustrious Café Boulud. Leaded and original stone steps, ideal for ascending to a custom floral perennial gardens encompass this area, appropriate for stained glass windows awash the room in natural light, arbor on the raised lawn. In the evening hours, The larger, tented festivities. Command the entire west side and overlook the manicured grounds and floral gardens, Manor House become a jewel box, lit from within, as of the estate for both ceremony and reception and which have only become more lush, over time. you dance the night away under the stars. return to The Speakeasy for late night celebrations May combine with Upper Terrace for cocktail reception May combine with The Upper Lawn for ceremony and May combine with The Bar and UpperTerrace for and The Grand Lawn for tented dinner and dancing. The Upper Terrace for cocktail reception. cocktails reception and The Music Room for dancing. Ceremony Capacity: 250 guests Ceremony Capacity: 250 guests Ceremony Capacity: 70 guests Tented Reception Capacity: 200 guests Tented Reception Capacity: 250 guests Reception Capacity: 70 guests From $10,000. From $17,500. From $13,500.
Photo credits: Genevieve de Manio Photography Photo credits: Genevieve de Manio Photography Photo credits: Genevieve de Manio Photography The Main Hall The Music Room The Dom Pérignon Salon Baronial, carved wood panels line the majestic Main Perfectly suited as a gilded age ballroom, The Music An intimate space for 2-10 guests, The Petite Salon Hall, complimented by Murano chandeliers, suspended Room’s opulent details include crystal chandeliers, boasts ornate architectural details of the Adams era, a from ornate, sculpted plaster ceilings. Masculine and intricate moldings and opposing fireplaces. Ideal for wood burning fireplace and French doors opening up onto foreboding, the Main Hall was originally intended to ceremonies which begin with your processional from the a semi-private garden terrace. Celebrate with a toast of project power & privilege. It seems more at home now grand staircase and ending with a receiving line on the vintage Dom Perignon, a delightful assortment of canapés with its use as a welcome site for ceremonies and adjacent Covered Terrace. The Music Room beautifully or a Chef ’s tasting Supper. The Salon is also available receptions. transforms for dinner and dancing for wedding day or honeymoon brunch. May combine with The Bar and Upper Terrace for May combine with Covered Terrace, Upper Terrace and May combine with the Breakfast Room or Covered cocktail reception and The Music Room for dinner and Main Hall for cocktail reception or Conservatory and Terrace for post ceremony reception or dinner. dancing. The Bar for dinner Ceremony Capacity: 75 guests Ceremony Capacity: 100 guests Ceremony Capacity: 10 guests Reception Capacity: 75 guests Reception Capacity: 100 guests Reception Capacity: 10 guests From $2,500. From $7,000. From $2,000.
Fairytales still come true… For more information: Blantyre 16 Blantyre Road Lenox, Massachusetts 413.637.3556 web: www.blantyre.com Photo credits: Dani Fine Photography
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