Ossington Coffee Palace and Charlotte Denison white plaque

This white commemorative plaque records: Ossington Coffee Palace. A perfect copy of the 17th century hostelry erected in 1882 as a temperence hotel by Viscountess Ossington a daughter of the Fourth Duke of Portland and widow of the First Viscount Ossington one time Speaker Of The House of Commons

Ossington Coffee Palace was established in 1882 by Charlotte Denison, Viscountess Ossington, as a temperance hotel, reflecting the temperance movement's influence in Victorian England; it stands as a perfect replica of a 17th-century hostelry and symbolizes the period’s social reform efforts.