Broughton Hall

About this property

The truly magnificent, Grade I listed Broughton Hall is a phenomenal period property that is absolutely perfect for special celebrations with your family or favourite friends or corporate events. It sits on a fabulous three thousand acre estate offering ancient woodland, parkland, moorland, reservoirs, walking trails, historic formal gardens, a tennis court, swimming pool, a luxury wellbeing centre, gym and an endless list of special attractions and entertainment venues. The Broughton Hall Estate was established in 1097 and has been home to the Tempest family, one of England's oldest Catholic landed gentry families, for over nine hundred years. With continual transformation and a mission to be a regenerative space rooted in the nature and wellbeing of humanity and the planet, the estate is now known as Broughton Sanctuary. Broughton Hall is a unique period mansion house that is rich in history and character, offers outstanding entertainment spaces and is sprinkled with lavish furnishings and opulent décor. The hall boasts seventeen grand bedrooms sleeping up to thirty two guests. In addition to the hall, Broughton Sanctuary offers sixteen holiday cottages that you can also book if there is not enough space in the hall. Guests staying at Broughton Hall enjoy exceptional hospitality with a house manager and hospitality team always on hand to attend to your every whim. In house chefs can create delicious meals and upscale events.

The Tempest Family is believed to have come to England from Normandy during William Conqueror's 1066 invasion of England and were given land in the aftermath of the invasion. Roger Tempest, the current custodian of Broughton Sanctuary, is the thirty-second generation of Tempests to be custodian of the sanctuary.

Broughton Hall is a lavish palace, an oasis of gracious and glorious living where you can unite the generations in a timeless, quintessentially English retreat. The ground floor is home to superb reception rooms and an outstanding kitchen, though you may decide to have your stay at Broughton Hall fully catered. These rooms include the red drawing room, the green drawing room, a library, a saloon, and a formal dining room, all of which enjoy open fires for a crackling atmosphere plus a conservatory where you can enjoy breakfast with a view and access to the gardens, a billiards room with a full-size billiards table and a gallery. There are also two guest cloakrooms. Period features, luxurious fabrics, family oil paintings, plush rugs, intricate chandeliers and vintage accessories come in lavish abundance. Both main drawing rooms can be opened to provide one giant entertainment space. The very grand dining room enjoys a fabulous atmosphere for a candlelit celebration meal. Not only does the billiards room offer a professional quality table, its ceiling is incredibly detailed and a plush velvet sofa provides a good spot to watch.

Guests will sleep like kings in seventeen palatial bedrooms spread over the first and second floors. Many offer sensationally adorned four poster beds and most offer ensuite bathrooms. The 'Bow' bedroom offers a beautifully dressed super kingsize four poster with glorious garden views and an ensuite bathroom with a freestanding roll top bath and shower. The 'Captains' bedroom also boasts a super kingsize four-poster bed, an ensuite with a shower and a freestanding roll-top bath. The 'Oak' bedroom enjoys a kingsize four-poster bed and a somewhat hidden ensuite with a copper bathtub. 'Portico', 'Amber' and 'North' offer super kingsize beds and ensuite bathrooms. Guests staying in 'South' have a super kingsize bed and use of 'Gillows' family bathroom. 'Smiths' offers a luxurious kingsize bed and an ensuite shower room while 'The Old Nursery' boasts a kingsize four poster bed and ensuite bathroom. 'Buff' has a small double bed, 'Copper Beach' has a double bed, 'Penthouse Park' offers twins, 'Boudoir' and 'Monks' have single beds and 'Bow Dressing' bedroom has a four-poster bed. Guests staying in this room share the 'Delph' family bathroom. 'Music' offers twin beds and an ensuite bathroom and finally, 'Garden' enjoys a kingsize bed and and ensuite bathroom. 'Bow' and 'Boudoir' bedrooms can be set up as a family suite by opening an interconnecting door. 

Guests staying at Broughton Hall enjoy access to highly impressive amenities. The grounds are brimming with woodland, parkland, heather moorland, walking trails, meandering rivers, wild reservoirs and 18th century gardens designed by Andrew Nesfield sprinkled with statues, ponds and fountains. A tennis court is available for some healthy competition; barbecues are available for alfresco meals, an outdoor swimming pool is perfect for a cooling swim, and Avalon is a leading retreat and wellness centre that can be hired exclusively by guests of Broughton Hall for private well-being experiences.

The amazing hospitality team offer numerous activities, including bike rides in the Dales, mountain bike trails in Denbers Wood, catered picnic experiences, candlelit woodland dining the Garden of Cosmic Origin, forest walks with a professional forest therapy guide to heighten your sensory awareness, wild swimming, an Iglucraft woodland sauna, a fire temple experience with drumming, singing, stories and workshops, foraging and learning to cook a delicious lunch from your harvest, the list goes on.  

Utopia is a stunning contemporary building designed by Sir Michael Hopkins which is set within the original walled garden for special occasions with up to one hundred and twenty people. It is also set up as a bistro where you can enjoy delicious breakfasts and lunches.

Broughton Hall sits on a three thousand-acre estate less than ten minutes from Skipton, a fabulous gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. With its famous nine hundred-year-old castle, romantic ruined priory and historic cobbled High Street, the town is endlessly rich in history and outstanding natural beauty. The grand Skipton Castle forms a dramatic centrepiece of this bustling market town, overlooking a colourful maze of quaint streets, ancient woodland and famous waterways. Many of the town’s attractions are linked by the Millennium Walk route. 

The incredibly romantic Bolton Abbey Estate is just a stone’s throw away from Broughton Hall. At the heart of the estate is the Priory Church and Ruins of an Augustinian Priory in a beautiful riverside setting. It is the perfect location to sit back and admire the stunning views. Also famous are the sixty stepping stones over the river that offer a fun and challenging experience. North of the stepping stones is a large beach area and a lovely picnic spot.

Other Yorkshire Dales highlights include a lovely rewarding walk along the Valley of Desolation to Barden Fell and Simon’s Seat where the views are breathtaking. Strid Wood boasts one of the largest collections of sessile oak trees in the Yorkshire Dales. It hugs the banks of the River Wharfe inviting visitors to walk its shaded paths. The woods are famous for bluebells and wild garlic. Strid Wood is also home to many wildlife including roe deer, otters, kingfisher and greater spotted woodpecker.

For a grand day out, you can visit Parcevall Hall Gardens which were laid out by the late Sir William Milner and planted with exotic specimens from as far away as China and the Himalayas. The gardens have appeared in ‘Escape to the Country’ and ‘Hairy Bikers’.

The wonderful City of York offers fabulous shopping opportunities and delicious meals in its many gastronomic restaurants. York’s beautifully preserved medieval city walls are the longest complete medieval town walls in England. York Minster is Europe’s largest gothic cathedral. Visitors enjoy climbing the two hundred and seventy-five steps of its central tower to take in the fabulous panoramic views of the city. 

Accommodation

Hall Interiors

Ground Floor
- Saloon with open fire
- Conservatory with french doors leading to gardens
- Library with open fire
- Red drawing room with open fire and piano
- Green drawing room with open fire
- Dining room with open fire and extending dining table
- Billiards room with full-size billiards table
- Gallery
- Two cloakrooms

First & Second Floor
- Bedroom 1/Bow bedroom with super-king sized four-poster bed, south facing garden views and en-suite bathroom with free standing roll top bath and shower*
- Bedroom 2/Captains bedroom with super-king sized four-poster bed, double aspect garden views and en-suite bathroom with free standing roll top bath and shower
- Bedroom 3/Oak bedroom with a king-size four-poster bed and "hidden" en-suite bathroom with copper bath tub
- Bedroom 4/Portico bedroom with a super-king sized bed and en-suite bathroom with shower bath
- Bedroom 5/Amber bedroom with a super-king sized bed and en-suite bathroom with bath and shower
- Bedroom 6/North bedroom with a super-king sized bed and en-suite bathroom with bath and shower
- Bedroom 7/South bedroom with a super-king sized bed
- Gillow's family bathroom
- Bedroom 8/Smiths bedroom with king-size bed and en-suite shower room
- Bedroom 9/The Old Nursery bedroom with king-size four-poster bed and en-suite bathroom
- Bedroom 10/Buff bedroom with small double bed
- Bedroom 11/Music bedroom with twin beds and en-suite bathroom
- Bedroom 12/Garden bedroom with king-size bed and en-suite bathroom
- Bedroom 13/Copper Beech bedroom with double bed
- Bedroom 14/Penthouse Park bedroom with twin beds
- Penthouse bathroom
- Bedroom 15/Boudoir bedroom with single bed*
- Bedroom 16/Bow Dressing bedroom with four-poster double bed
- Bedroom 17/Monks bedroom with single bed
- Delph family bathroom
Outside Grounds
- 3,000 acre estate
- Outdoor swimming pool (between April and September)
- Private tennis court
- Gas barbecue
- Parking 
Additional Facilities
- Wi-Fi
- TV & DVD
* The "Bow" and "Boudoir" bedrooms can be set up as a family suite thanks to an interconnecting door