Chateau Amelia

Capacity by package

• Up to 100 guests for weddings and destination weddings, 40 for micro weddings and 30 for elopements.

On-site lodging

• The 1905 Victorian house sleeps up to 16 overnight guests across 8 bedrooms. Destination wedding packages include one night, extendable to two or three nights subject to availability. Additional hotels are 20 to 30 minutes away.

Wedding package starting rates

• BYO-vendor Estate Essentials from $3,495 (Sunday to Thursday), Coordinated Estate from $4,495, overnight experiences from $5,495, all-inclusive Classic from $8,795 for 50 guests, all-inclusive Signature from $11,795, all-inclusive micro weddings from $6,795 for up to 45 guests, elopements from $1,195 for a ceremony-only option with 10 guests and $2,495 for a 4-hour option with 30 guests. Saturday celebrations add $1,000. A 20% deposit books a date, with monthly payment plans for the balance.

Spaces on the estate

• The 1905 Victorian mini-mansion, approximately 4,200 square feet of historic living space with original fireplaces, moulding and stairways, bridal suites, parlors, a formal dining room and a wrap-around porch; a climate-controlled modern-rustic event barn with a commercial kitchen, bar cart, flex getting-ready suite and 3 restrooms; a 1,500 square foot covered grand pavilion; a cocktail patio; manicured gardens; and an enchanted forest ceremony site, all on almost 4 acres.

Venue access times

• Estate wedding day: 10am to 10pm for Friday and Saturday weddings, 12pm to 10pm Sunday to Thursday, with bonus Thursday 3pm to 8pm access for Friday weddings. Estate overnight: 2 night stay checks in 12pm Friday and out 10am Sunday, 1 night stay checks in 12pm Sunday to Thursday. Micro weddings, elopements and other events get 3 or 6 hours of barn, patio, ceremony site and grounds access, with no house.

Rain plan

• Ceremonies move indoors into the barn or onto the covered wrap-around porch. Tenting one or both sides of the patio or elsewhere on the grounds is available at the couple’s expense, and is recommended for weddings over 50 guests.

What is included with the rental

• Tables and chairs for up to 100 guests set to your floorplan, ivory or black tablecloths, cheesecloth runners in over 20 colours, ivory and white draping, three ceremony arbors, a bar cart and beverage cooler, a Bluetooth sound system with microphone, a wireless officiant headset, cornhole sets and assorted signage. A larger premium decor collection (candelabras, hundreds of candles and votives, floral stands, charger plates) is included only with the in-house coordination service. Full list at /inventory-list.

Getting there

• Greenwood, Clinton and Laurens 15 to 20 minutes; Spartanburg 50 minutes; Greenville 55 minutes; Augusta GA 60 minutes; Columbia 1 hour 5 minutes; Atlanta 2 hours 30 minutes; Charleston 3 hours. Highway access from I-26, I-385 and Highway 72.

Matterport 3D tour

• The venue publishes an instant Matterport walkthrough at https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=RfR7aMQ5Sw8, useful for the listing gallery or a future virtual-tour field. In-person and video (FaceTime or Zoom) tours are booked through HoneyBook forms linked from /tours.

History of the property

• Built around 1905 and expanded in 1913 for Conway D. Dial, Cross Hill postmaster and half-brother of US Senator Nathaniel B. Dial. Modernised by Billie Kearnes from 1991, run as the Lady Amelia Inn bed and breakfast from 2007, and bought and restored by the Thornton and Ruiz families in 2023.