Almshouses Restaurant County Durham, England

Listed Building Data

Almshouses Restaurant has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1121385
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
6 May 1952
Name
ALMSHOUSES RESTAURANT
Location
ALMSHOUSES RESTAURANT, PALACE GREEN
District
County Durham
Grid Reference
NZ 27414 42234
Easting
427414.0000
Northing
542234.0000

Listed Building Description

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DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE PALACE GREEN NZ 2742 SW (East side)

14/361 Almshouses Restaurant 6/5/52 (formerly listed as Old Museum)

GV II

Alsmhouses, now restaurant. 1668 by Longstaffe for Bishop Cosin. Coursed squared sandstone with ashlar dressings; stone-flagged roof with stone gable copings. 2 storeys, 5 bays. Central renewed door in stop-chamfered Tudor- arched surround under high label mould. Double-chamfered surrounds, most renewed, and stone mullions to 3-light ground floor and 2-light first floor windows. Renewed inscription over door with painted arms.

Interior: first floor removed in C19.

Listing NGR: NZ2741442234