The House
Built in the 1870s on a plot at Stormer Hill, demised by Thomas Winter Potter to Thomas Worsley, Professor of Music, for a term of 999 years.
Read the history →A short history of the house, its families, and the small details — tiled hallway, fanlight, cabinet‑maker’s signature on the wall — that have survived a century and a half.
The Restoration
A nine‑month restoration in 2022–23 — tiles found at the back door, signatures behind plaster, a slate mantel dug up from the garden.
Read the journal →
The Families
From Thomas Worsley to the Nabbs to the Footes — brass founders, brewery directors and a D‑Day veteran — and on into a continuing family home.
Read about the families →A continuing chapter
After more than a century in the hands of the Worsley and Nabb families, Broadfield House has continued as a much‑loved family home — the latest chapter in a story that began on a plot of Lancashire turnpike land in 1874.