Clingstone House - A Remarkable House on A Rock
Clingstone House is a remarkable 105 year old mansion on a piece of rock in the Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, New England, USA. The rock is so small that it can be at the most called a micro islet.
The three storey, 23 roomed mansion, with 10 bedrooms, was built in 1905 by J.S. Lovering Wharton in consultation with artist William Trost Richards. He lived here till his death in 1930s.
Although the house was designed to withstand hurricane winds, however it was badly damaged by a hurricane in 1938 and remained vacant for about 20 years.
In 1961 it was purchased by an architect Henry Wood, a distant cousin of Wharton, who renovated it and now maintains it by using a very imaginative method of inviting about 70 of his friends and relatives each year to stay with him and help him in carrying out the annual repair work including cleaning of 65 windows.
The mansion is locally known as "The House on a Rock".
If any of my reader is visiting the area, my request is that the privacy of the owner be respected.
If any of my reader is visiting the area, my request is that the privacy of the owner be respected.
Image from Flickr is by b1ue5ky
Image from Flickr is by cruadinx (In background is the Newport Bridge about 2.5 kms. away)
Image from Flickr is by Andrew
Image source: MSN Bing Aerial View
Image from Flickr is by wallyg
Image from Flickr is by G.E. Long
View location in Google Earth / Google Maps / MSN Bing Aerial View
Main source of info: Wikipedia / nytimes.com (Info + Good Slideshow)
3 comments:
'No Bush' allowed in that house. ;) That must be an old photo..
As per Flickr page the photo was taken on August 20, 2007.
There is a new (August 2010) set of spherical panoramas of the interior at http://tksharpless.net/Clingstone/A_Visit_to_Clingstone.html.
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