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Thornewood Castle Wedding

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Thornewood Castle has been on my list of wedding venues that I wanted to photographed at and so I was so excited when Codi & Sam reached out to me for their spring wedding there. Codi had told me in our first meeting that their wedding would be “French Bistro” themed which I think makes Thornewood Castle a great backdrop for their wedding. In doing some research on Thornewood Castle I discovered Thornewood Castle was built to the specifications of Mr. Chester Thorne, one of the founders of the Port of Tacoma, in beautiful Washington State as a gift for his bride, Anna. The building of Thornewood was truly a labor of love. In 1907, Mr. Thorne purchased a 400-year-old  Elizabethan manor in England and had it dismantled and shipped, brick by brick, from England to be included in the building of Thornewood. The famous architect, Kirtland Kelsey Cutter, was in charge of this most interesting Tudor Gothic project.

Thornewood Castle is constructed with concrete and steel on a solid three-foot-thick foundation. Exterior walls are brick and concrete with steel reinforcement. The floors are ten inches of concrete. Construction took three years to complete, from 1908 to 1911, with many of the materials, including the brick, oak paneling, oak staircase and the medieval stained glass coming from the castle in England. The red brick facing on the outside of the estate was imported from Wales.  Three ships were commissioned to transport these building supplies around Cape Horn to the Pacific Northwest.

Codi & Sam’s French Bistro themed worked perfectly with Thornewood Castle as their backdrop, originally they had planned to have the entire wedding outside in the beautiful sunken garden at Thornewood but due to rain the day before it was just too wet to have it outside but thankfully we didn’t have any rain on their big day so we could still do all the photos outside. Codi & Sam wanted to wait to see each other for the first time till Codi was walking down the aisle with her parents. After their ceremony we had some time to do a few portraits in the sunken garden then it was time for dinner by Pacific Grill Catering. During the reception they had an amazing Gypsy jazz band called Rangers & the “Re-Arrangers” which was perfect and seriously one of my favorite music to listen too now. Congratulation to Codi & Sam your wedding was seriously so beautiful and thank you letting us be part of your special day.

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Photographer: Jenny Storment Photography
Venue: Thornewood Castle
Officiant: A Wedding with Heart
Band: Ranger & the “Re-Arrangers”
Cater: Pacific Grill Events & Catering
Floral: Pacific Grill Events & Catering
Bridal Gown: Weddings With Joy
Hair & Makeup: Aurian Swift Fire Beauty
Second Photographer: Lindsey D.

  1. Tina Moeller says:

    The Thornewood Castle is such a beautiful wedding venue! The perfect place for a wedding! You captured their day beautifully and you are an amazing wedding photographer! I love your work!

  2. Casey says:

    Jenny Storment Photography this Thornewood Castle wedding was beyond stunning! Choosing you as their photographer for their Thornewood Castle wedding was a match made in heaven!

  3. You did a fantastic job photographing this Thornewood Castle wedding! What a beautiful couple!

  4. Oh my goodness Jenny these images of a stunning bride and groom at Thornewood Castle are incomparable! The moody, intimate lighting in the wood-paneled ceremony room is just wonderful. What an incredible location for a Tacoma Wedding. I loved reading about the history of Thornewood Castle—I wish someone would build me an historic castle estate in Northwest Washington! Your care and artistry are so evident in these classic and artistic wedding photos. 

  5. Nina says:

    These are wedding photos at the Thornewood Castle are amazing! You captured such emotion in their wedding photos, they are just stunning! 

  6. Laura says:

    Love this wedding at thornewood castle ! So beautiful and classic ! 

  7. The romantic story behind Thornwood Castle alone makes it a perfect wedding venue!  What a beautiful intimate wedding!  Only a true professional wedding photographer could capture such beautiful images in that dark, romantically-lit room.  Like I have said before, Washington and the Pacific Northwest has some amazing wedding venues and an amazing wedding photographer in Jenny Storment!

  8. Megan Montalvo says:

    Holy smokes!! I need some Thornewood Castle in my life! That wedding is stunning and your work only gets better and better! Love this one!

  9. Marina says:

    What a stunning wedding venue Thornewood Castle is! Beautiful and timeless wedding photographs, gorgeous couple and what looks like an amazing day! Superb job as always Jenny!

  10. jeanine says:

    Wow!  What a fairy tale wedding!  I love your wedding photography – they made so many great choices for their special day!

  11. Thornewood Castle is such a stunning place for a wedding. I love how you captured all the details of the castle. Beautiful venue, lovely couple, and gorgeous photography. 

  12. Effie L. says:

    What a gorgeous wedding! I think it’s every girls dream to get married in a castle!Thornewood Castle is a lovely wedding venue!Great job in photographing this beautiful couple’s wedding day!

  13. How cool is Thornewood Castle?  I can see why you have wanted to photograph a wedding there. I had no idea the USA had castles and the Pacific North West is not the place I would have assumed one would be. What a fantastic wedding that was held here. I love how moody and romantic your wedding photography style is.

  14. Alison says:

    Thornewood Castle looks like the perfect wedding venue! I love the moodiness of the venue, it fits your photography style perfectly!

  15. WOW. Your photos of this Thornewood Castle wedding are breathtaking! My jaw is kinda on the floor over these images…seriously so beautiful. What a perfect place for a wedding and your clients are lucky to have you as their Tacoma Washington Wedding Photographer!

  16. Alysse says:

    Wow! A castle wedding?? What a dream to have been able to be there, and photograph it! They did great chosing their location and photographer. I will have to check this place out next time I am in Thornewood.  So beautiful! 

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