diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.cpp
index 95e206e2d3..3ef3e6c693 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ std::string CSMWorld::CellCoordinates::getId (const std::string& worldspace) con
     return stream.str();
 }
 
+std::pair<CSMWorld::CellCoordinates, bool> CSMWorld::CellCoordinates::fromId (
+    const std::string& id)
+{
+    // no worldspace for now, needs to be changed for 1.1
+    if (!id.empty() && id[0]=='#')
+    {
+        int x, y;
+        char ignore;
+
+        std::istringstream stream (id);
+        if (stream >> ignore >> x >> y)
+            return std::make_pair (CellCoordinates (x, y), true);
+    }
+
+    return std::make_pair (CellCoordinates(), false);
+}
+
 bool CSMWorld::operator== (const CellCoordinates& left, const CellCoordinates& right)
 {
     return left.getX()==right.getX() && left.getY()==right.getY();
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.hpp
index ee395ea7ee..63db60c29d 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/cellcoordinates.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ namespace CSMWorld
 
             std::string getId (const std::string& worldspace) const;
             ///< Return the ID for the cell at these coordinates.
+
+            /// \return first: CellCoordinates (or 0, 0 if cell does not have coordinates),
+            /// second: is cell paged?
+            ///
+            /// \note The worldspace part of \a id is ignored
+            static std::pair<CellCoordinates, bool> fromId (const std::string& id);
     };
 
     bool operator== (const CellCoordinates& left, const CellCoordinates& right);
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp
index e0e63c8c9e..5ec69a5f26 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/cell.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ bool CSVRender::Cell::addObjects (int start, int end)
 CSVRender::Cell::Cell (CSMWorld::Data& data, osg::Group* rootNode, const std::string& id)
 : mData (data), mId (Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase (id))
 {
+    std::pair<CSMWorld::CellCoordinates, bool> result = CSMWorld::CellCoordinates::fromId (id);
+
+    if (result.second)
+        mCoordinates = result.first;
+
     mCellNode = new osg::Group;
     rootNode->addChild(mCellNode);
 
@@ -75,8 +80,6 @@ CSVRender::Cell::Cell (CSMWorld::Data& data, osg::Group* rootNode, const std::st
             mTerrain.reset(new Terrain::TerrainGrid(mCellNode, data.getResourceSystem().get(), NULL, new TerrainStorage(mData), Element_Terrain<<1));
             mTerrain->loadCell(esmLand.mX,
                                esmLand.mY);
-
-            mCoordinates = CSMWorld::CellCoordinates (esmLand.mX, esmLand.mY);
         }
     }
 }