Holme Eden Abbey

54.904928°N 2.825383°W / 54.904928; -2.825383 (Holme Eden Abbey)

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]

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, 52 chimney pots and 365 windows[3] in the manner of a Calendar house. In 1875 it was sold to a Wiliam Watson.

From 1921 until 1983 it served as an abbey to Benedictine nuns.[4] It then served as an exclusive old persons home before being converted into an award-winning development of twelve apartments. The old walled garden was developed with homes built inside it.

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

See also

• Grade II* listed buildings in the City of Carlisle
• Listed buildings in Wetheral

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 8 April 2016.