HAWORTH'S Old School Room took another important step towards its restoration when one of its original north-facing Victorian window frames was replaced with a replica.

The building is currently having its extension roofs repaired and replaced. The window that overlooked the playground area has had to be replaced because the framework was rotten.

Thanks to grants from Craven Trust, Bradford Council Community Chest and Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council, the Brontë Spirit charity which cares for the building was able to commission a replacement from Stanbury-based joiner Robert Cole.

Brontë Spirit chairman Averil Kenyon said: “The old window wasn’t an original fitting – it had been a replacement for one fitted by the builders. But our new window has been made to the same design as the original.

"We needed a craftsman who was sufficiently skilled to undertake this because it was a skilled task and we’re delighted with what Robert Cole has produced.

“We’re very grateful to the bodies who were able to grant-aid us. Repairing the roof is an expensive business and raising the funds to do the work that needs to be done has been time-consuming.

“There are four other windows on the north side of the building and they'll have to be replaced in future."

Robert Cole said: “Making such a complicated window frame proved a challenge. I'm very pleased that Brontë Spirit like the end result.”