Bishop Cosin's Almhouses is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Almshouse. 4 related planning applications.
Bishop Cosin's Almhouses
- WRENN ID
- ruined-threshold-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1988
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Bishop Cosin's Almhouses, 7, Owengate, City of Durham, DH1 3HB
- OS grid reference
- NZ 274 423
- Coordinates
- 54.77497, -1.57508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bishop Cosin's Almshouses is an almshouse founded in 1666, located on Palace Green, with the present building dating from 1837 for the University. It is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof in the Tudor style. The structure has two-storey outer bays and a one-storey, one-bay link.
There is a boarded door with elaborate wrought iron hinges set in a Tudor-arched surround to the right of the central bay, and a 2-light window to the left. The gabled end bays contain 3-light windows on the ground floor and 2-light windows on the first floor, with a floor string running along. Commemorative panels are located in the gable peak, although the one on the right is eroded. All windows are double-chamfered under label moulds and are stone-mullioned and transomed. The gable copings are roll-moulded and supported by deep block kneelers.
The almshouses are included for their landscape value.
Local climate
Bishop Cosin's Almhouses 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 — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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