Abbey House on Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England is a Neo-Elizabethan H-plan mansion designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1914 as a guest house for Vickers Ltd and a flat for the Managing Director, Sir James McKechnie.In 1951, having been acquired by the County Council, Abbey House was made into an old people's home, and consequently suffered considerable neglect.Abbey House has been a Grade II* Listed Building since 1949.The Abbey House Hotel is now a four-star venue set in 14-acres of gardens and saw a major extension during the early 2000s.This article about a hotel or resort in the United Kingdom is a stub.
The principal facade of Abbey House photographed in March 2016
