Celebrating Art & Inspiration: A Visit from Artist Lory Beat
This Bank Holiday weekend, we were thrilled to welcome a very special visitor to the Brontë Birthplace — Chilean-born artist and Brontë enthusiast Lorena Villegas de Trelford, also known as Lory Beat. Lory made the journey to see the newly restored house and view her vibrant artwork proudly on display in our parlour — a […]
Renovation Works at the Brontë Birthplace Uncover Historical Treasures
We’re excited to announce that renovation works are well underway at the Brontë Birthplace! As part of our project to restore and showcase this historic home, with plans to offer an authentic Airbnb experience, we’ve focused significant effort on the main bedroom, believed to be the nursery in which all six children slept in. Discovering […]
Brontë sisters’ birthplace ‘saved for future generations’ by funding
The house where the Brontë sisters were born has been “saved for future generations” after receiving government funding, campaigners have said. Literary sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were born in the terraced house in Thornton, near Bradford in West Yorkshire, between 1816 and 1820. The building is among dozens of historic and community buildings […]
Meet Our Patrons
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our five patrons who have demonstrated unwavering support for the Brontë Birthplace campaign by generously investing in shares to patron level. We thank them for their invaluable dedication and belief in the transformative power of the Brontë Birthplace campaign. Together, we are forging a legacy that will resonate for […]
The community group set up to save the birthplace of the Brontë sisters have double cause for celebration.
Brontë Birthplace Limited is the recipient of a large grant from Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture that has allowed the organisation to make a successful bid to secure the house in Market Street, Thornton where Charlotte, Emily and Anne and their brother Branwell were born. The group is delighted that the offer made to […]
Planning Consent
The opening of the Bronte birthplace in Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford moved a step closer late September when planning permission was granted to turn it into a cafe, a community space with a number of letting bedrooms by Bradford Council in September. The consent follows entirely our vision for the house beginning with […]
Brontë Birthplace Limited gains support from the Brontë Society
The Bronte Birthplace committee have been overwhelmed by support from the residents of Thornton to their ambitious plans but none was more important than the agreement of Haworth Parsonage curator and keeper of the Bronte Society legacy Ann Dinsdale to join our group. Far from being in competition Ann recognised what she described as a […]