A £100,000 grant has been awarded to improve visitor facilities at the Bronte Parsonage Museum.

The money will help pay for the installation of fully-accessible toilets and Changing Places provision at the Haworth attraction.

Thousands of people from across the world visit the one-time home of the famous literary siblings, where the sisters wrote their famous works, every year.

But the Bronte Society, which runs the museum, says a current lack of facilities is presenting a "huge barrier" in relation to accessibility.

The new funding – from Arts Council England, through the Government-backed Capital Investment Programme – together with money already secured from the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture Cultural Capital Fund, will enable the improvements to go ahead.

Once constructed, the Changing Places facility will be the first of its kind in the immediate area. The provision caters for people – and their carers – with profound and multiple learning disabilities, as well other disabilities that severely limit mobility, who are unable to use standard toilets.

Rebecca Yorke, director of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, says: "We are thrilled at Arts Council England’s decision to award us this funding and are very appreciative of its support.

"Visitor facilities are an essential part of a day or evening out, and the current lack of facilities is a huge barrier to access.

"This development will have a significant, positive impact on the thousands of people who visit our museum each year.

"We are looking forward to construction commencing this summer and having the new facilities in place ready for Bradford’s important year as UK City of Culture in 2025."

The Bronte Society is amongst organisations sharing in a £24.2 million Arts Council England Capital Investment Programme pot.

Darren Henley, chief executive of Arts Council England, says: "This infrastructure investment will help a whole range of different cultural organisations across England to flourish, increasing opportunities for people to enjoy creatively excellent events. It is particularly important that we’re making this happen in communities where cultural investment has historically been low."

And Lord Stephen Parkinson, Minister for Arts, Heritage and Libraries, says: "Cultural venues enrich our lives, and it’s vital that their infrastructure matches the excellence of the creative work that goes on inside them.

"Our funding is helping to both create new venues and adapt existing ones to make them more accessible, ensuring that everyone has access to excellent, life-changing cultural opportunities."