The Dun Cow Public House is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1988. Public house.

The Dun Cow Public House

WRENN ID
noble-corridor-cobweb
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
Public house
Address
The Dun Cow Public House, 37, Old Elvet, City of Durham
OS grid reference
NZ 278 423
Coordinates
54.77501, -1.56859
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Dun Cow Public House is a public house dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, with some alterations. It is constructed of stucco with a stone plinth and dressings, featuring applied mock timbering on the first floor. The roof is covered with Welsh queen slates and has a tile ridge, with a brick chimney that is partly rendered. The building has two storeys and two bays, with an irregular layout.

On the left side, there is a flushed door set within an alternating-block surround, with a single sash window above it. To the right of this window, there is a small fixed light. To the right, a two-storey square bay extends on the ground floor to the right end of the house and is quoined. The ground floor windows in the bay and extension are from the 20th century, while the late 19th-century sash windows are located above. The roof has a high pitch with swept eaves that extend over the square bay, and there is a tall stack at the right end. The interior features elements from the early 19th century.

Local climate

The Dun Cow Public House 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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