The former Red House Museum at Gomersal will be turned into housing if Kirklees Council gives plans the go-ahead.
Sitting off Oxford Road, the Grade–II* Listed Georgian mansion was auctioned off by the council back in December. This came as part of the local authority’s bid to raise some cash and relieve financial pressures. The property was first purchased by Spenborough Council in 1969.
The Red House was built by wealthy local farming and textiles family – the Taylors – back in 1660, with Mary Taylor – a friend of Charlotte Brontë – residing there centuries later. It also receives a mention in Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley.
Now, BP Land Ltd has submitted plans to Kirklees Council to bring three residential properties to the site. Two of which will be located in the main mansion, if the application is approved, with the barn to be converted into a third home. The coach house which also sits on the site would become a garage or ancillary accommodation for the barn house.
Application documents say that there would be “minimal changes” to the outside of the existing buildings. In the main house, original windows would be refurbished, with a bay window to be replaced to the south. An existing window to the west would be removed, partially infilled and new windows then installed.
The site would still be accessible from Oxford Road, with car parking provided for eight cars. The three units would provide “generous” family accommodation, according to the application, with the two properties within the mansion set for three bedrooms and the house in the barn earmarked for four bedrooms.
A Planning Statement on behalf of the applicant adds: “The application is driven by the desire to utilise, develop and refurbish a historically significant yet dilapidated site within a predominantly residential area for housing and to retain and convert the derelict listed buildings to help to retain the assets for future generations and diversify the local housing stock with properties of real character.”
Due to the nature of the building, the applicant has applied for planning permission and Listed Building Consent. Both applications are expected to be determined by October 21, 2025. (Abigail Marlow)
Haworth is an interesting industrial village with a history which also includes the Bronte Sisters and filming of The Railway Children. Explore the narrow, often cobbled streets on this short walk and experience a real sense of history.
Park in one of the car parks at the top end of Haworth and make your way to top of the cobbled main street next to St Michael and All Angels Church. The Brontë Parsonage museum is set behind the church and worth a visit on your return. [...]
Turn left and soon reach Haworth Station. There is a small quirky shop great for rail enthusiasts.
Cross the rail lines at the west end of the station via the bridge and re-join Butts Lane that now leads steeply uphill and back in to the main village of Haworth. Once back in Haworth there is a variety of excellent cafes and pubs but before settling down turn right to the top of the village and find the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
This is where the famous literary sisters lived their short but inspiring lives surrounded by the wild moors and suffocating industrial smog. A visit to the Parsonage Museum or one of the many cafes beckons. (Jonathan Smith)
Haworth is just under a two hour drive from Liverpool. The train journey can be slightly longer, but consists of travelling from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria then onto Hebden Bridge. From this station, visitors can jump on the B3 Brontë Bus which travels into Haworth. [...]
The Brontë family lived in the Haworth Parsonage from 1820 until 1861, where some of the most famous books in English literature were said to be written. Brontë sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë wrote 'Wuthering Heights,' 'Jane Eyre,' and 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall'.
Visitors of Haworth are able to visit their former home, which now acts as a museum celebrating the legacy of the Brontës and their literary works. (Hannah Rees)
USA Today features the novel
The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas.
A demonic presence. A forbidden love story. A haunted silver mine. An exorcism (or three). A conniving priest. And a mercury poisoning subplot inspired by an episode of "Grey's Anatomy."
Isabel Cañas' latest book, "The Possession of Alba Díaz" (out now, pp. 384, Berkely), is the amalgamation of all the parts of her as a reader and writer. She says it's "part 'Grey's Anatomy,' part inspired by an intense Catholic upbringing, part all the gothics I read as a kid, especially 'Wuthering Heights,' and part what I really wished I could find on shelves.
"Because how incredible would it have been if 'Wuthering Heights,' instead of taking place in the Yorkshire moors, took place somewhere in Mexico? (Pamela Avila)
The Mexico thing was done by film director Luis Buñuel in his excellent take on Wuthering Heights: Abismos de pasión.
Brit + Co recommends 'The 14 Best Cottagecore Books For Cozy Evenings In' and one of them is
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Jayne [sic] Eyre is a must-read for cottagecore enthusiasts and literary fanatics alike. It’s one of those novels that you have to read slowly, as if you’re enjoying a fine wine and want to savor every sip. Every single sentence is so beautifully poetic and thoughtful that you’ll be feeling separation anxiety with this novel the moment you finish. (Bre Avery)
El País (Spain) features writer Adriana Herreros.
La primera entrada de la newsletter de la periodista Adriana Herreros, Campo Visual, se llama ‘Andar por andar’, data de 2021 y comienza con una cita de Charlotte Brönte [sic], de Jane Eyre. “Al principio, andaba deprisa para entrar en calor, pero reduje la marcha y empecé a disfrutar y a analizar la índole de placer que la hora y el entorno hacían germinar dentro de mí”. (Marita Alonso) (Translation)
Of course there are still lots of things about the
Wuthering Heights 2026 trailer. A contributor to
ScreenRant says that it confirms her 'biggest fears' regarding casting, approach, etc. but
Despite everything I've outlined here, I'm actually excited for Wuthering Heights. While there is still room for a definitive adaptation of the classic novel, the new film looks to instead tell its story with a subversive, contemporary edge.
I’ve found Fennell's films to be fairly empty in the past, but her new work adapts a classic work of literature already jam-packed with ideas. Whether delving into focusing on concerns about love and obsession, social status, or belonging, there is great room for Fennell to be thematically faithful to the source material while injecting it with her unique energy.
Movies like 2023's Emily have shown how having great flexibility with the Brontë source material can pay off with an excellent film of its own. While not a direct adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the Emma Mackey-starring film did a great job integrating elements of that story to tell something that is strikingly new.
The novel will remain a classic of Romantic literature, and this new film will not change that. Whether it is faithful is less important than whether it is effective in telling its story. There are already dozens of more faithful adaptations to choose from, including the 2009 Tom Hardy series, and this film will not erase them. (Karlis Wilde)
Tech Advisor gives '4 reasons the new Wuthering Heights is made for the TikTok generation'.
In 1996 Baz Luhrmann created his version of Romeo and Juliet. At the time, critics called it an adaptation for the MTV Generation, with its campy visuals, modern soundtrack and heart-throb lead Leonardo DiCaprio. The film turned Shakespearean drama into a pop culture feast for the eyes.
Nearly 30 years on, something similar seems to be going on with the upcoming adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering Heights. It’s helmed by Emerald Fennell, the director of Promising Young Woman and the somewhat controversial Saltburn, which also starred Jacob Elordi.
After months of bizarre rumours, we’ve finally got a trailer for the film, which is slated for a February 2026 release… and it seems we’re in for a wild ride.
The trailer gives the impression that the 19th-century romantic sensibility has been translated for a contemporary audience immersed in Instagram aesthetics, social media posts, and BookTok smut.
1. The marketing-driven casting
2. Highly stylised visual design makes for viral clips
3. Amplifying the novel’s sex and violence
4. The soundtrack by Charli XCX
(Weronika de Oliveira) (Read more)
A contributor to
LitHub is not that happy but remains hopeful.
Of course Fennell is making an abrasive, porny movie that may or may not open with a corpse ejaculating. Of course it’s not going to be an earnest adaptation. Honestly, I think she’s having some fun with all of this (and with us). She sees your clutched pearls and laughs. Just look at the poster, which pointedly references another famous epic adaptation of a highly problematic literary love story (Gone With the Wind, if you’re new here).
Personally, I am holding out hope that Fennell understands how deeply depraved this novel is, and is simply using the impressionist’s brush to portray said depravity in a modern way. She’s not usually that subtle, but that doesn’t mean she can’t be. (Emily Temple)
Forbes reports the real good news about this and what all the 'why, Hollywood, why' columnists with all their hand-wringing are unable to see.
Book sales for the 1847 classic novel “Wuthering Heights” have shot up on Amazon since the trailer for a new film adaptation stirred controversy for its casting choices, overtly sexual tone and apparent inconsistencies with the original story.
Sales of the 1997 Wordsworth Classics edition of "Wuthering Heights" shot up 504% between Thursday and Friday, Amazon said, making it the No. 2 bestselling gothic romance as of Friday.
The Penguin Classics paperback edition, first released in 2002, has seen sales rise 187% and the book was the 98th bestseller across Amazon as of 10 a.m. Friday.
The spike in popularity comes after Warner Bros. released the official teaser trailer for "Wuthering Heights" on Wednesday to the dismay of some viewers, who highlighted apparent inconsistencies between the novel and director Emerald Fennell’s adaptation.
Critics said the film’s stars, Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw, were both poor choices as, in the novel, Heathcliff is described as dark-skinned (Eldori is white) and Catherine is a teenager (Robbie is 35).
The trailer was also criticized for the longing stares and overt sexual tension that imply the film will be an errotic [sic] adaptation of an original story centered on abuse, violence and trauma. (Mary Whitfill Roeloffs)
Soap Central focuses on the 'hilarious' reactions to the trailer.
iDiva prefers to focus on the rage/disappointment.
Newsweek calls it 'fury'.
Rebellious Magazine is still discussing the so-called controversial casting.
Daily Mail can't help itself and highlights 'The
Wuthering Heights trailer's raciest moments: From finger sucking to heaving corsets, whipping and bondage, how film reboot is already being hailed as 'the new Fifty Shades''. Loving the
Radio Times' headline written as if
Wuthering Heights was one of those 'unrecognisable' celebrities articles: '
Wuthering Heights, 178, unrecognisable as first trailer from director Emerald Fennell is pure rage-bait'.
Dazed makes a point by listing '5 films that prove you don’t need to stick to the source material'.
The Mary Sue claims that 'Hating that a period piece has modern music kind of makes you boring'.
The Telegraph and Argus is happy to see two recent trailers of films shot locally.
Country Living shares the 'Emerald Fennell's
Wuthering Heights filming locations you can visit in the UK'.
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