Clingstone House A Home On An Island
Henry wood who is a boston based architect had bought the house in 1961.
Clingstone house a home on an island. Waves nearly crest into the family room and kitchen of the clingstone house in narragansett bay. This house on an island looks straight out of a fairy tale. And 79 year old boston architect henry wood gets to call it his home. The island home stands three storeys.
The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j. Situated on rhode island s narragansett bay in us the house was built by architect j s. The house itself which sits only 20 feet above sea level survived with minimal damage. The structural system of heavy mill type framing was.
Now clingstone s current owner henry wood a distant cousin of wharton regularly goes out to clingstone with his three grown sons to watch the yearly hurricanes in action. Clingstone a faded shingled 103 year old mansion set on a rock in rhode island s narragansett bay is one family s labor of love. Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage. Clingstone is a house built in 1905 perched atop a small rocky island in an island group called the dumplings in narragansett bay near jamestown rhode island.
Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage. The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j. Coordinates clingstone is a house built in 1905 perched atop a small rocky island in an island group called the dumplings in narragansett bay near jamestown rhod. In 1961 wood and his then wife joan bought the island home for a mere 3 600.