Caversham House
wedding photographer

Caversham House is a family-owned wedding venue at 141 Caversham Avenue in the Swan Valley — a character home built in 1835 on the banks of the Swan River, the first wedding reception centre in the valley, with European-inspired gardens, a four-storey waterfall and three garden ceremony locations.

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We photographed Ben & Immy here in May: French doors in the morning, vows on the terrace among the balustrades, and the sandstone steps by the waterfall for the portraits.

The venue lists three ceremony locations: the Colonnade Gardens, with cobblestone paths, manicured lawns and water features, and a platform at the top of the four-storey waterfall with views over the Hidden Gardens and the river; the Garden House, an indoor option on the lawn of the main house with bi-fold doors on three sides and seating for up to 70; and the Hidden Gardens on the riverbank, with three terraces, a sandstone balustrade and a private jetty.

Receptions are in the Main House, with its marble bar, crystal chandeliers, working fireplace and pergolas under century-old wisteria, or in the permanent Marquee with ceiling silks, chandeliers and a built-in dance floor.

For photographs it is the stonework that sets this place apart. Balustrades, wide steps and the waterfall give a formal, European look you cannot get anywhere else in the valley, and the gardens and the river soften it.