Holme Eden Abbey

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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 and 365 windows.[3] In 1875 it was sold to a Wiliam Watson.

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

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

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