Clingstone House A Home On An Island

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Clingstone house a home on an island. The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j. This house on an island looks straight out of a fairy tale. Henry wood who is a boston based architect had bought the house in 1961. The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j.

And 79 year old boston architect henry wood gets to call it his home. Waves nearly crest into the family room and kitchen of the clingstone house in narragansett bay. Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage. Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage.

Lovering wharton along with artist william trost richards. 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. The house itself which sits only 20 feet above sea level survived with minimal damage. In 1961 wood and his then wife joan bought the island home for a mere 3 600.

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. 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. Situated on rhode island s narragansett bay in us the house was built by architect j s. The island home stands three storeys.