BROUGHTON SANCTUARY

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On the edge of the historic 3000-acre Broughton Estate, known as ‘The Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales’, sits the imposing Grade I-listed Broughton Hall, which has been home to the same family since the 11th century. Over recent years it has been renovated to the highest degree by Roger Tempest, its current custodian and 32nd the generation of Tempests to reside there.

The current house was adapted from the 16th century building that stood on the site during the 19th century, and combines the work of several architects, including William Atkinson. In the 1830s, the house was developed again by local architect George Webster, who built a monumental porch of Ionic columns on the front of the house, which give Broughton a distinction all of its own. Within the house are 18 individually styled bedrooms - one is even situated in what is believed to be the old chapel, where the priest hole would have been found in days gone by. Broughton Hall is also available as a location for off-site work events, for exclusive-use, as a filming location, and as a wedding venue - however the house itself is evidently just one part of the Tempests’ very modern estate. 

Broughton's charming 18th-century formal gardens were designed by Andrew Nesfield and are dotted with statues, fountains, parterres and ponds. The gardens are set to the right of the hall and continue to the back, where they meet the stunning conservatory, itself abundant with tropical flowers and water features. 

Broughton's wellbeing centre, Avalon, is world-class and state of the art retreat, where Fibonacci sequences are carved onto the doors. Incorporated within the spa are an 18-metre indoor swimming pool and hydrotherapy pool. Meanwhile, the thermal suite features an aroma steam-room and a Finnish sauna, and guests can also relax together around the fire pit in the pool garden. The spa also features a gymnasium, treatment suite and exercise studio offering classes such as yoga and pilates. In addition to this is the surrounding 3,000 acre Nature Recovery Project, which is available to be explored at your leisure.

Broughton Sanctuary is a thriving example of how we can constantly transform and evolve by learning from the past, and taking the best of what we have into the future. 

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