Clingstone House A Home On An Island
Lovering wharton along with artist william trost richards.
Clingstone house a home on an island. The house itself which sits only 20 feet above sea level survived with minimal damage. Clingstone a cedar shingled house built in 1905 and currently owned by retired boston architect henry wood stands on a rock in rhode island s narragansett bay. This house on an island looks straight out of a fairy tale. Waves nearly crest into the family room and kitchen of the clingstone house in narragansett bay.
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. Henry wood who is a boston based architect had bought the house in 1961. Situated on rhode island s narragansett bay in us the house was built by architect j s. In 1961 wood and his then wife joan bought the island home for a mere 3 600.
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. 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.
The structural system of heavy mill type framing was. The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j. The 105 year old rhode island summerhouse is situated on top of a rocky island just a few yards. Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage.