Broughton, Craven
| Broughton | |
  Broughton Broughton shown within North Yorkshire | |
| Population | 81 2001 Census |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference | SD943511 |
| Civil parish | Broughton |
| District | Craven |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Skipton |
| Postcode district | BD23 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Broughton is a village and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population of 81. The village is on the A59 road about 3 miles (5 km) west of Skipton.
Broughton Hall
Broughton Hall, a Georgian country house, has been the seat of the Tempest Baronets for 900 years. The hall is centrally located in 3000 acres of landscaped grounds, which now house a business park, home to more than 50 companies employing more than 600 people.
A 14th-century document records the acquisition of a house, watermill and part of the manor of Broughton by Sir John Tempest. The pedimented 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 (illustration) and added a portico, 1838–41, to designs by George Webster, an architect of the dynasty of masons at Kendal (Cumbria).[1] The park was landscaped in the 18th and 19th centuries and the Italianate terraced garden designed by William Andrews Nesfield circa 1855.
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Notes
- ↑ Colvin, H.M. (1997) [1954]. A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 (3rd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. "Thomas Atkinson"; "George Webster". ISBN 0-300-07207-4.
External links
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