Broughton Hall is a Georgian

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, North Yorkshire, England, centrally located in of landscaped grounds.

History

The hall is a Grade I

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and has been the seat of the

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for 900 years and, although the baronetcy is extinct, it is still run by a direct descendant of the Tempest family. A 14th-century document records the acquisition of a house, watermill and part of the manor of Broughton by Sir John Tempest. The oldest parts of the current building date to 1597, and it was altered in 1755. The

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ed end wings were added to the main structure for Stephen Tempest, 1809–11, to designs by William Atkinson. Sir Charles Tempest, Bt. (1794–1865) refaced the north front in golden Kendal stone and added a

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, 1838–41, to designs by George Webster, an architect of the dynasty of masons at

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(Cumbria). A conservatory was added in 1853. The park was landscaped in the 18th and 19th centuries and the

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terraced garden designed by

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The hall grounds house a business park, with more than 50 companies employing more than 700 people. In 2019, the Hall was used for filming some scenes for the first series of '' All Creatures Great and Small''. The property was depicted as the home of the fictional Mrs. Pumphrey, owner of Tricki-Woo, a character based on socialite Marjorie Warner who was a client of

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and actually lived at Thorpe House near

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. Other productions have also filmed some scenes at the Hall, including the 2021

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drama ''

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''.

Architecture

The house is built of stone with roofs of lead and

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. The main block has two storeys, a basement and attics, and seven

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, flanked by two-story projecting wings. In the centre is a

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with two pairs of

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columns and a

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, and a doorway with a

on consoles. The windows are

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, those in the ground floor and attic with

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s, and the attic is balustraded. The wings have Ionic half-columns and pediments. To the west is a service wing with two storeys, ending in a square four-stage tower surmounted by an octagonal

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. At the rear is the conservatory, with Ionic columns outside and

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, year =2009 , location =New Haven and London , isbn =978-0-300-12665-5 The interior of the house is almost entirely the work of Atkinson, the exceptions being the south room on the first floor, with small panels which may date from 1597; the 17th century back stair; and the transverse hall which may also be original. Much of Atkinson's work is Neoclassical, including the library, dining room, white and red drawing rooms, and the vestibule with staircase. The Chapel of the Sacred Heart is neo-Gothic.

References

Country houses in North Yorkshire Grade I listed houses in North Yorkshire Houses completed in 1597

History

Architecture

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