Clingstone House A Home On An Island

The 105 year old rhode island summerhouse is situated on top of a rocky island just a few yards.

Clingstone house a home on an island. The island home stands three storeys. The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j. Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage. This house on an island looks straight out of a fairy tale.

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. Situated on rhode island s narragansett bay in us the house was built by architect j s. The dwelling designed by philadelphia socialite j. Lovering wharton along with artist william trost richards.

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. 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. And 79 year old boston architect henry wood gets to call it his home. 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.

Waves nearly crest into the family room and kitchen of the clingstone house in narragansett bay. Henry wood who is a boston based architect had bought the house in 1961. The structural system of heavy mill type framing was. Lovering wharton and artist william trost richards is a three story 23 room 10 000 square foot shingle style cottage.