The names of the two apartments are inspired by the view out towards St Michael & All Angels’ Church. While there has been a chapel on this site since 1488, the current structure was largely rebuilt between 1879 and 1881 after being deemed unsanitary, with only the medieval tower surviving from the building known to the Brontë family.

The Reverend Patrick Brontë served as the incumbent minister for 41 years, from 1820 until his death in 1861. Beneath the floor at the east end of the church lies the Brontë family vault. It contains the remains of Patrick, his wife Maria, and their children Charlotte, Emily, Branwell, Elizabeth and Maria. Anne Brontë is the only member of the immediate family not buried here; she lies in St Mary’s Churchyard in Scarborough, where she died.

The atmospheric churchyard, often described in the sisters’ writings, connects the church to the moors beyond.