'Ome Away From Home

A co-workers husband has been sent to work in England for a while. This is the little place in the country that he's staying. I wonder if they would knock anything off the rent if he said he'd mow the lawn?

Something about the house.
Further along the river is Holme Eden Hall - built in 1837, and in the style of an early Tudor mansion. It was built as a calendar house - with 365 windows, 52 chimneys, 12 passageways, 7 entrances and 4 storeys. The house was built for a family of cotton barons, the Dixons, by the greatest northern architect of the day, John Dobson, who was responsible for the remodelling of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Later it became an enclosed convent where grand Benedictine nuns prayed for the world.

Holme Eden was almost lost to dry rot, but it is now being renovated by a development company and turned into 12 luxury apartments.

A rare example of an horogically themed 'Calendar' house - with the many measures of time represented in various elements of its architectural design - Holme Eden today retains much of its original grandeur, painstakingly restored by Cumbrian Homes.

Set in extensive, picturesque grounds on the banks of River Eden, with views towards the hills and mountains of the Lake District, Holme Eden remains a perfect retreat from the world at large, whilst offering easy access to the picturesque village of Warwick Bridge, and situated less than 5 miles from the ancient City of Carlisle.