Plans unveiled for £4m Barnsley museum redevelopment

The funding will be used to create new events and exhibitions spaces

Plans have been revealed for upgrades to three Grade II listed buildings at a South Yorkshire museum.

Barnsley's Elsecar Heritage Centre was awarded almost £4m by the Arts Council to turn it into an "internationally recognised visitor destination".

A planning application has been submitted to revamp two mill buildings and a 19th Century railway station.

The station, which is currently a children's nursery, will become "creative workspaces".

The site is a former ironworks built in the 1850s.

It was purchased by the council in 1988 and turned into a living history centre celebrating the former coal mining area's industrial past.

The Victorian buildings also host shops, businesses and studios.

The centre houses shops, businesses and studios

According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, the document sent to Barnsley Council said the station building "is in need of both repairs to the external and internal fabric of the building".

"The ground floor will be retained in its current use as a nursery with internal repairs undertaken."

There will also be "new lifts to increase accessibility, renewal of the building services and replacement of flat roof areas," the document adds.

The two rolling mills, which are currently used as storage space, will be converted to host events and exhibitions

A new outdoor space will also be developed, including seating, planters and new surfaces across the heritage centre.

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