It may look like a normal terraced house but inside there is a literary treasure being revealed and the public will have the chance to see it for the first time. Ruby Kitchen reports.
An incredible legacy is building in Bradford as the birthplace of the world’s most famous literary sisters is brought into public ownership for the first time. A terraced house in the village of Thornton, unremarkable from outside, holds the original fireplace before which the Brontë sisters and their brother Patrick Branwell were born.
A community share offer attracted 700 investors from as far away as Japan or Canada, and there have been grants from Bradford 2025 and the Government’s Levelling Up fund. More than £600,000 has already been raised and directors will seek further funding and arts grants - the Grade ll listed house may need a new roof and is certainly suffering from damp. Inside, amid a jumble of boxes and flickering lights, there is the parlour fireplace before which the children were born.
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