House Lust: A Former Convent in Newport is On the Market

St. Augustin's Roman Catholic Church is selling the massive property for a bargain price.

February 4, 2020

Blessed be the buyer who transforms this former convent and rectory into a magnificent single-family home.

Sure, it’d make a lucrative condominium project or multifamily conversion. But ten bedrooms and seven baths over nearly 9,200 square feet, and in Newport’s Fifth Ward? No such square footage exists in the neighborhood — and, for this price point, really anywhere in the City by the Sea.

The property, which is offered by St. Augustin’s Roman Catholic Church, was built in 1955 as a convent to accommodate the Sisters of Mercy, who ran the church’s parochial school. In the 1970s, the sisterhood withdrew from the church and the structure served as the parish rectory. According to the listing, it’s being subdivided from the church property into an independent 10,000-square-foot lot.

Is House Lust a sin? And, categorically, does it fall under lust or envy — or both? This might be our one and only free pass, folks. Here’s your House Lust:

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2 Eastnor Road in Newport is on the market. (Photos via RE/MAX of Newport)
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Asking price for the property, which served as a convent and then a church rectory, is $500,000. It hit the market late last month.

Asking price for the property, which served as a convent and then a church rectory, is $500,000. It hit the market late last month.

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One of several gathering spaces.
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Another gathering space.
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Above-grade square footage is 6,700 square feet. The basement has high ceilings and full windows.
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The structure has ten beds and seven baths over 9,193 square feet.
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A dining room.
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The kitchen space, which does not have appliances.
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One of ten bedrooms.
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Another bedroom.
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One of seven bathrooms.
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Another bathroom.