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Latitude: 54.7743 / 54°46'27"N
Longitude: -1.5754 / 1°34'31"W
OS Eastings: 427414
OS Northings: 542234
OS Grid: NZ274422
Mapcode National: GBR KFF7.QB
Mapcode Global: WHC4Q.S809
Plus Code: 9C6WQCFF+PV
Entry Name: Cosin's Almshouses
Listing Date: 6 May 1952
Last Amended: 10 March 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1121385
English Heritage Legacy ID: 110416
ID on this website: 101121385
Location: Durham, County Durham, DH1
County: County Durham
Electoral Ward/Division: Elvet and Gilesgate
Parish: City of Durham
Built-Up Area: Durham
Traditional County: Durham
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): County Durham
Church of England Parish: Durham St Oswald
Church of England Diocese: Durham
Tagged with: Almshouse
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 23/02/2017
NZ 2742 SW
14/361
DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE
PALACE GREEN (East side)
Cosin's Almshouses
(Formerly listed as Almshouses Restaurant, previously listed as Old Museum)
6/5/52
GV II
Former almshouses. 1668 by Longstaffe for Bishop Cosin. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. Two storeys, five bays. Central renewed door in stop-chamfered Tudor-arched surround under high label mould. Double-chamfered surrounds, most renewed, and stone mullions to three-light ground floor and two-light first floor windows. Renewed inscription over door with painted arms.
Interior: first floor removed in C19.
Listing NGR: NZ2741442234
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