Brougham Castle to fire on an enemy emerging from the gatehouse. Four storeys tall and with a single room at each level, the presence of a garderobe and fireplace on each floor suggests that the tower was reserved for high-status visitors. The tower's square plan is typical of such structures built in northern England at this time, as seen at castles such as Warkworth and Egremont, although it contrasts with rounded towers preferred in the south. The antiquary William Stukeley visited Brougham Castle in 1725 and recorded local beliefs about certain "monuments of stone" south of Brougham Castle: They are generally by
Baron Brougham and Vaux heir apparent is the present holder's son Hon. Charles William Brougham (b. 1971).<br> The heir apparent's heir apparent is his son Henry George Brougham (b. 2012). Baron Brougham and Vaux Baron Brougham and Vaux , of Brougham in the County of Westmorland and of High Head Castle in the County of Cumberland, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1860 for the lawyer, Whig politician and former Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, with remainder to his younger brother William Brougham. He had already been created Baron Brougham and Vaux,