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What locals are saying
Runnymede Plantation sits along the Ashley River between Magnolia and Middleton, and its defining feature — a 1,000-year-old live oak draped in Spanish moss — tends to close the deal before couples have finished the site visit. The brick chimney ruins of the original Victorian estate, destroyed by fire in 2002, add a moody, cinematic layer that photographs extraordinarily well at dusk. The trade-off is real: the property is essentially a blank canvas, and couples should budget for everything from restrooms and lighting to linens and a generator, with the on-site suite too small to serve as a genuine getting-ready space.
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