Cosin's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1952. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Cosin's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- rough-keystone-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1952
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Cosin's Almshouses, Palace Green, City of Durham, DH1 3RL
- OS grid reference
- NZ 274 422
- Coordinates
- 54.77429, -1.57538
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cosin's Almshouses are former almshouses built in 1668 by Longstaffe for Bishop Cosin. The building is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. It is two storeys high and has five bays. The central door has been renewed and is set in a stop-chamfered Tudor-arched surround with a high label mould. The windows on the ground floor are three-light with stone mullions, while the first-floor windows are two-light, both having double-chamfered surrounds, most of which have been renewed. Above the door, there is a renewed inscription with painted arms. The first floor was removed in the 19th century.
Local climate
Cosin's Almshouses receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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