The Bronte Sisters' Bradford Birthplace is open to visitors | Books

The refurbished home in Bradford, born by the Brond sisters, is now welcome to visitors, and the Queen opens on Thursday.

Located on a narrow street in the village of Thornton, Queen Camilla, along with King Charles, visited Bradford, the city of culture this year, where Queen Camilla officially opened its entire life.

It was buying historic buildings in a arduous 18-month campaign and fundraiser and transforming them into museums, educational centers and overnight accommodation.

The modest house is where the Bronte sisters Charlotte, Anne and Emily were born and lived with their church minister Father Patrick and their brother Branwell. The family, including their mother Maria and two older children Maria and Elizabeth, moved to Haworth in April 1820, when Charlotte was four years old, and Ward High School writers Emily and Anne and Anne continued to write to the tenants of Wildfell Hall for only three months. Maria died shortly after the relocation at the age of 38, and both older sisters died in 1825 at the age of 11 and 10.

The building at 72-74 Market Street, Thornton, which has been listed since 1952, has been used for various purposes since leaving, including housing several butchers and a nearest cafe that closed between the 19th and 19th.

A group of campaigners, including Bradford-born TV host Christa Ackroyd and volunteer fundraiser Nigel West, who has family ties with Brontës, worked tirelessly to sell for £300,000 and then for £300,000 and then raise funds for renovations.

They reached their £650,000 goal thanks to the Bradford City of Culture Fund’s £250,000 grant and huge crowdfunding calls. The house will now serve as an educational center for museums and visiting schools.

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Nearly one million tourists travel to Haworth every year, many of whom come to the Brontë link. The team behind the project now hopes many of them can also visit Thornton six miles away.

Starting in July, the bedrooms of the house will be open for overnight stays. The biggest one is the room called Charlotte, dominated by four and its beds, but in fact, it is where all six Brontë children fall asleep, Patrick and Maria next door is now called Emily’s room. One third is named after Anne, and is actually added to a part of the building long after the family left.

"It will be the only place in the world where Bronte can sleep. Downstairs, in the current cafe, they were born on the floor in front of the fireplace," West said.