Holme Eden Abbey

Holme Eden Abbey was an abbey in Cumbria, England. The current building (built 1833–37) is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

Holme Eden Abbey

History

It was designed in 1833 by John Dobson of Newcastle for a Peter Dixon (a cotton mill owner at Warwick Bridge).[2] It is said to have seven entrances and 365 windows.[3] In 1875 it was sold to a Wiliam Watson.

From 1921 until 1983 it served as an abbey to Benedictine nuns.[4] It has thereafter served as an exclusive old persons home.

Sir Maurice Douglas Warburton Elphinstone died here on 5 December 1995.[5]

See also

References
  1. Historic England. "Holme Eden Abbey, Wetheral  (Grade II*) (1087685)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. "HOLME EDEN ABBEY, Wetheral - 1087685". Historic England. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. "BBC - Domesday Reloaded: OLD NUNNERY WARWICK BRIDGE". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. "Holme Eden Abbey". stephenosb.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0 902 198 84 X.


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