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Holme Eden Abbey

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{{coord|54.904928|-2.825383|type:landmark_region:GB_source:Wikimapia_scale:2000|name=Holme Eden Abbey|display=title}}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 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]

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1. ^{{National Heritage List for England| num=1087685 |desc=Holme Eden Abbey, Wetheral |grade=II* |accessdate=8 September 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1087685|title=HOLME EDEN ABBEY, Wetheral - 1087685|website=Historic England|accessdate=4 March 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday/dblock/GB-344000-555000/page/14|title=BBC - Domesday Reloaded: OLD NUNNERY WARWICK BRIDGE|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=4 March 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.stephenosb.co.uk/pastoral-ministry/holme-eden-abbey/|website=stephenosb.co.uk|title=Holme Eden Abbey|accessdate=4 March 2018}}
5. ^{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf}}

2 : Monasteries in Cumbria|Grade II* listed buildings in Cumbria

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