WITH PARTNER PARIS ACKRILL BY HIS SIDE ROGER TEMPEST TELLS OF HIS TREE-MENDOUS PLANS FOR HISTORIC FAMILY SEAT BROUGHTON HALL
The arrival of their daughter Aya has focused the minds of Roger Tempest and his partner Paris Ackrill on the world she will inherit.
And at their home, Broughton Hall in North Yorkshire, they are perfectly placed to do something about it.
The ambitious couple aim to create England’s largest woodland, with a plan to plant at least 750,000 trees within the next five years. Their hope is that, in time, 30% of their land will be forested.
Their magnificent 16th-century, 97-room mansion couldn’t be closer to nature. It is set in one of the country’s oldest private estates, comprising 3,000 acres of spectacular woodland, farmland, heather moorland and meadow pastures with streams, hidden waterfalls and stunning views across the Yorkshire Dales.
‘Our family motto is: “Loyouf as thou fynds” — “Love as you find”. That’s nice’
Even the family motto is soothing, says Roger, the 32nd Tempest in a line that has lived in the
