Rushford Court

Rushford Court
Rushford Court in 2019
Rushford Court is located in County Durham
Rushford Court
Shown in County Durham
Former namesCounty Hospital, Durham
General information
TypeStudent residence; formerly hospital (closed 2010)
Town or cityDurham
CountryUK
Coordinates54°46′43″N 1°35′05″W / 54.77859°N 1.58472°W / 54.77859; -1.58472
Named forHannah Rushford, Mayor of Durham
Completed1853
Renovated2018
OwnerUnite Students
Other information
Number of rooms363
Website
https://www.unitestudents.com/durham/rushford-court

Rushford Court is a student hall and former hospital in Durham, England. It opened in 1853 as County Hospital, and closed as a hospital in 2010 after services were moved to Lanchester Road Hospital on the outskirts of the city.

In 2018, after extensive work to demolish later additions to the hospital building and construct new accommodation blocks, Unite Students reopened the site as a privately-operated hall for Durham University students under the name Rushford Court. In 2019–20, the university used the site as a temporary home for its John Snow College, and in 2023 announced that it would be using it as a temporary home for Hild Bede College, and afterwards founding a new college on the site.