Former Haworth post office building with Brontë links refurbished

The refurbishment has created eight new jobs

A former post office in West Yorkshire with links to the Brontë family has been turned into a café.

The Old Post Office on Main Street, Haworth, received an £8,900 grant from the Keighley Towns Fund to pay for the refurbishment.

The building was used by the Brontë sisters, who posted their manuscripts to London from there.

Bradford Council said the business, which is due to open before Easter, would create eight jobs.

The literary sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, wrote most of their novels while living at the Parsonage in Haworth.

Grants are allocated by the independent Towns Fund board with support from Bradford Council.

Liz Barker, from the board, said the cash would make a "significant difference" to an "important local building".

"The funding will have an impact for years to come and the successful growth of our business community will help drive social and economic change for the whole area."

Owner Charlie Cowling said the funding had been a "real game-changer" and had enabled them to complete the project sooner than they had originally planned.

Renovation work included major repairs to the roof, reinstating Victorian chimney pots, replacing the windows and restoring the traditional shop front.