Somerset Chapel at Montage Palmetto Bluff
The larger of Palmetto Bluff’s two chapels: a white, steepled wedding chapel on the Montage resort’s waterway, seating up to 185.
A wedding photographer calls it a favourite for the window light and the space inside and out, with the patio leading to a cocktail hour before a tented reception on the village green.
- Seats
- up to 185 guests
- Size
- 1,750 square feet
- Opened
- 2016, with Montage’s expansion
- Booked through
- Montage Palmetto Bluff’s weddings team
Somerset Chapel is the wedding chapel at Montage Palmetto Bluff, the resort inside the Palmetto Bluff community in Bluffton, South Carolina. It is a white clapboard chapel with a steeple and a columned porch, set on the resort’s inner waterway, and its tall arched windows face east and west, so light crosses the room from sunrise to sunset. It seats up to 185 guests in 1,750 square feet.
Weddings at Somerset Chapel
The chapel came with Montage’s 2016 expansion of the resort, as a larger second chapel to the small community chapel in Wilson Village. It is a venue, not a parish: the resort books it for ceremonies and private events, the patio outside takes the cocktail hour, and the reception moves to a tent on the Village Green beside the Wilson mansion ruins or into the resort’s ballroom.
Its best-known wedding was Justin and Hailey Bieber’s, on September 30, 2019: the ceremony at sunset in Somerset Chapel before about 150 guests, and the reception in the Wilson Ballroom.
Booking the Chapel
Somerset Chapel is booked through the Montage’s weddings team for a wedding or private event at the resort. It has no published visiting hours. For other places to marry in the area, see our Hilton Head wedding venues guide.
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What reviewers say
A wedding photographer calls it a favourite for the window light and the space inside and out, with the patio leading to a cocktail hour before a tented reception on the village green. Others remember it as an elegant room for weddings, parties and business dinners, and as the chapel where Justin Bieber married.
Frequently Asked Questions
Updated
How many guests does Somerset Chapel hold?
Up to 185, in 1,750 square feet.
Where did Justin and Hailey Bieber get married?
In Somerset Chapel at Montage Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton, South Carolina, on September 30, 2019, with the reception in the resort’s Wilson Ballroom.
How do you book Somerset Chapel?
Through Montage Palmetto Bluff’s weddings team. The chapel is a resort event venue, so it is booked with a wedding or private event there.
Where is Somerset Chapel?
At Montage Palmetto Bluff, 484 Mount Pelia Road, Bluffton, SC 29910, inside the Palmetto Bluff community on the May River.
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