Southernhay House

Natural Light in Portraiture Masterclass

Event Date: 
14/10/2014 - 5:15pm
Venue: 
Southernhay House Hotel, Exeter

On Tuesday 14 October, Southernhay House Hotel in Exeter will host two of the country’s top portrait photographers, who are joining forces for a masterclass on capturing natural light in environmental portraiture.

The event is being run by the British Institute of Professional Photography (BIPP); an internationally recognised qualifying organisation with over 100 years of experience in qualifying and supporting photographers.

The well known UK & European portrait photographer, Bella West FBIPP, will lead the day by demonstrating how to achieve beautiful portraits of...

Exeter advertising agency expands into new City Centre premises

Chalk & Ward, the largest independent full service advertising agency in the South West, has moved from their old home at Kings Wharf on Exeter Quay to a large Georgian Building in Southernhay.

The company were based at Kings Wharf on The Quay for 10 years but recent staff expansion within the company and the creation of separate division Chalk & Ward Public Relations, meant that the move was desperately needed.

Managing Director Robert Chalk said; “We loved being on The Quay, so if we were going to move it had to be for the right reasons. Giles Ward and I have been...

Exeter hotel secures exclusive Gay Wedding Guide spot

Authored by Huw Oxburgh
Posted: Sat, 03/08/2014 - 11:59am

Exeter’s Southernhay House hotel has become one of the first hotels in the country to secure inclusion in The Gay Wedding Guide. Inclusion in the guide means that the Southernhay House Hotel in now in an exclusive list of high quality, openly ‘gay friendly’ wedding venues. Southernhay House has already proven a popular venue for civil partnerships ceremonies and receptions but with the recent passing of the historic Same Sex couples Act last year now hopes to host same-sex marriage as well. Deborah Clark, Hotel owner says: “Since Civil Partnerships have been recognised in the UK, Burgh...