Mount Stuart House

Make your vows amidst the Scottish splendour of an array of different settings – all within this unique and spectacular Victorian palace and gardens.

Few stately homes offer such an array of extraordinary settings for religious and civil ceremonies as Mount Stuart. Be inspired by the magical gardens and have your own Midsummer Night’s Dream or let the flickering flames of carved marble fireplaces reflect your love inside the house.

The spirit of nineteenth-century invention is embodied in Mount Stuart – a feat of Victorian engineering, this neo-gothic mansion was one of the most technologically advanced houses of its age. Ironic, when you consider the medieval inspiration of the Gothic Revival.

The central heating system was in fact designed by extraordinary Victorian engineer Wilson Phipson, who had achieved fame by heating prominent buildings such as London's Royal Albert Hall. However the sheer magnitude of materials required for this audacious build - granite, sandstone, marble and tiling for the swimming pool, would necessitate a horse-drawn railway from Kerrycroy village to the fledgling house - a physical reminder of the practical scope of the project.