Work to restore a stained glass window at Cliffe Castle Museum has been celebrated.

Experts behind the complex renovation of the Butterfield Window gathered today at the Keighley museum with local politicians and funders.

The event marked the culmination of several years’ work to bring the window, on the staircase at the Bradford Council-run museum, back to its Victorian glory.

Wealthy mill owner Henry Isaac Butterfield built the "castle" with its lavishly furnished interior on the site of a previous property.

The window was originally made in 1878, its design heavily influenced by Henry’s life in Paris with his wife Marie Louise.

Much of the window was destroyed after Henry’s Frederick died in 1943, and it also suffered when Cliffe Castle became a museum in the 1950s. This eventually resulted in the need for conservation.

Specialist stained glass conservation company Jonathan and Ruth Cooke Ltd cleaned off years of grime and old paint splashes from previous redecorations of the staircase. The company also created new glass panels.

Other companies worked on the stonework, the original paint scheme and wire guards to protect the window.

Funding for the restoration came from groups including Cliffe Castle Friends, and funding for the structural work came from Bradford Council’s Facilities Management department.

Coun Sarah Ferriby, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Healthy People and Places, said: “The team have done a fantastic job and the window is now much closer to the riot of colour that visitors would have experienced when walking into the castle in the 1880s.

“The restoration of the window is part of on-going ambitions to restore or reinstate elements of Cliffe Castle’s original decorative schemes.”