Haworth Parsonage (Bronte Museum)

Haworth Parsonage, now the Bronte Museum, is a parsonage built in 1779, with alterations and extensions made in 1872 and further restorations later. The building is constructed from coursed dressed millstone grit and features a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and five bays, with a cross wing added in 1872 to the right.

The left-hand section has sash windows set in slightly projecting stone architraves with moulded cills. The central entrance features a panelled, part-glazed door with a knocker, framed by a pedimented Tuscan doorcase that includes pilasters, a frieze, and a cornice, with two windows on each side. Above, there are five windows on the first floor, with a continuous lintel band and dentilled eaves. The end stacks are also notable. The cross wing has windows similar to the main section, with the ground floor window consisting of three lights supported by cills on consoles, and the first floor window having two sashed lights. An iron finial adorns the roof.

Inside, the parsonage features stone stairs and a round-headed staircase arch, original doors, flagstone floors, simple iron fireplaces, window shutters, an iron range, and moulded ceiling beams in the kitchen. The Bronte family occupied the parsonage from 1820 onwards, and it is where most of their novels were written. The listing was enhanced in 2016 to commemorate the bicentenary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth.