Holme Eden Abbey Explained

54.9049°N -2.8254°WHolme Eden Abbey was an abbey in Cumbria, England. The current building (built 1833–37) is a Grade II* listed building.

History

It was designed in 1833 by John Dobson of Newcastle for a Peter Dixon (a cotton mill owner at Warwick Bridge).^[1] It is said to have seven entrances, 52 chimney pots and 365 windows^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: HOLME EDEN ABBEY, Wetheral - 1087685. Historic England. 4 March 2018.
2. Web site: BBC - Domesday Reloaded: OLD NUNNERY WARWICK BRIDGE. bbc.co.uk. 4 March 2018.
3. Web site: Holme Eden Abbey. stephenosb.co.uk. 4 March 2018.
4. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0 902 198 84 X. 8 April 2016. 24 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130124115814/http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf. dead.