Pleasant as it isn’t the best work by Horace Trumbauer in my view, far too many better ones on the Main Line. The central drawback is that it is a tremendous amount of money for a home situated on top of the neighboring homes, with a highly uninspired parcel of land without an ounce of landscaping to be found, and with architecture that is quite nice, but not to die for.

Note the Ocean Walk fencing between 'you' and the rocky waters edge. Nothing like having hoards of people walking by daily in the summer taking pictures and bringing a degree of noise when you want to enjoy your postage-stamp sized lawn.

Newport still has some brilliant examples of the Gilded Age architecture to be found, good sailing, and a decaying aura of being the elite although today it’s mostly overrun by tourists and ten cent millionaires. The era of riding up and down Bellevue Avenue in your carriage in the afternoon is over. I’m not sure if being able to boast that “well The Elms museum is right up the street” makes an owner feel good about plunking down $11 + million.

In a world full of choices I would think that much money could acquire something with an equally lovely Ocean view elsewhere in New England with many more benefits. Even this offering in Watch Hill, RI at $10.9 million from 1930 looks to be more of a home to cherish:

http://www.liladelman.com/property-details.asp?id=1690&PageFrom=SearchResults

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