The Brontë Birthplace – Progress Update
External restoration work, including the windows, roof, and exterior painting, has been successfully completed—something you may have already noticed! Now,…
Restoring a piece of the
A new dimension to
the Brontë story
Learn
To preserve and promote the cultural heritage and literary legacy of the Brontë family.
Socialise
To provide a cafe and holiday accommodation for visit and even stay in the house where the Brontë sisters were born.
The Brontë birthplace in Thornton, Bradford, where Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were born in front of the parlour fireplace is now saved and officially in public ownership for the first time in its 200 year history.
Brontë Birthplace Limited, a community benefit society, has now taken over the small terraced house on Market Street thanks to a share offer which attracted more than 700 individual investors and significant grants from Bradford City of Culture 2025 and the Community Ownership Fund, under the Government’s levelling up agenda, amounting to more than £650,000 raised.
Inspire
To inspire future generations to believe and achieve as the Brontë sisters did.
It is a monumental achievement which means the legacy of the most famous sibling authors the literary world has ever known can truly be celebrated throughout Brontë country from cradle to grave and beyond.
At last we have the keys and the hard work has begun to restore the grade 2* blue plaque building to open in time for Bradford City of Culture2025, when visitors will be invited to walk in the footsteps of its most famous residents and sit in the community cafe beside the original fireplace, or even stay in the bedrooms where the young girls slept.
Socialise
To provide a cafe and holiday accommodation for visit and even stay in the house where the Brontë sisters were born.
About Us
The Brontë Birthplace Campaign aim to restore and transform the terraced house in Thornton, Bradford, turning it into a social and educational space so preserving its importance in the greatest story literature has ever known.
Why Support Us?
Heritage and Cultural Preservation
Economic growth and development
Community engagement and pride
Help us to restore a piece of the past
Let’s work together to ensure the Brontë birthplace can be reborn to inspire and educate visitors about the amazing literary heritage of the Brontë sisters.
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