House Lust: Once a Working Stable, This Artistic Oasis is on the Market
The post-and-beam structure was converted to a home in the 1970s.
Home conversions require some degree of clairvoyance. A person has to see a structure — in this case, a stable — and think: Despite all evidence to the contrary, this place has the potential to be a home. Not a shelter for horses or less-than-discerning humans. But a home. Then, they make it so.
The bones are critical, to be sure, and 32 Green Street in Newport has good ones: pre-Revolutionary post and beam, exposed in all their glory. Long before its owner — an art and architectural conservator, because of course he was — transformed the structure, it operated as a stable on the city’s working waterfront a block away. It was relocated to Green Street mid-century and was converted to a workshop and home in 1974.
Its moniker, the “Conservatory,” winks at the owner’s profession as well as a peak of skylights that flood the upstairs kitchen with sun — a feature so unlike a stable it feels unreasonable to call it one, even in the past tense. In spite of the light, the structure has remained rough-hewn, through gilded ages old and new. Here’s hoping the Conservatory, on the market with Gustave White Sotheby’s, stays conserved.
Historical stewards, here’s your House Lust:
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The Conservatory, at 32 Green Street in Newport, is on the market for $1.374 million. With three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths over 3,800 square feet, the house is zoned commercial. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
The Conservatory, at 32 Green Street in Newport, is on the market for $1.374 million. With three bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths over 3,800 square feet, the house is zoned commercial. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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For years, the first level operated as a workshop for the owner's art and architectural conservation practice. Now, it houses living quarters and a sculpture studio. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
For years, the first level operated as a workshop for the owner's art and architectural conservation practice. Now, it houses living quarters and a sculpture studio. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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An office on the first floor. The beam reads: "scientia potentia est," a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power." (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
An office on the first floor. The beam reads: "scientia potentia est," a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power." (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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A glimpse at a living area with built-in shelving. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
A glimpse at a living area with built-in shelving. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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A view of the open living room on the first floor. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
A view of the open living room on the first floor. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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One of three working fireplaces. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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Another vignette in the first-level living area. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
Another vignette in the first-level living area. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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One of three bedrooms. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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One of two kitchens on the second level. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
One of two kitchens on the second level. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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Up the spiral staircase, a peak of skylights flood the kitchen with sun. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
Up the spiral staircase, a peak of skylights flood the kitchen with sun. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
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The rear of the property. (Photography via Gustave White Sotheby's International Realty)
For more information on 32 Green Street in Newport, contact Gustave White Sotheby’s Michelle Kirby at 401-862-7873 or Mike Sweeney at 401-862-0164 or visit gustavewhite.com.
