Live like a king in Newport condo
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The living room, kitchen and dining area have an open floor plan. Off the living room, a hallway leads to the master bedroom. The Providence Journal / Frieda Squires
If you’ve always wanted to live in a castle, but didn’t want to deal with the upkeep — moat maintenance is such a hassle — perhaps this three-bedroom Newport condo on the water at 127 Harrison Ave., with spectacular views of Newport Harbor, is the place for you.
The condo is located in a mansion called Beechbound, named for the beech trees on the estate. Built in 1895 for William F. Burden, an ironworks tycoon from Troy, N.Y., the house was designed by the well-known Boston architectural firm Peabody & Stearns, which also did Doris Duke’s Rough Point on Bellevue Avenue and several buildings at what is now the campus of Salve Regina University.
According to Anne Robinson, who has written a book about the firm called Peabody & Stearns: Country Houses and Seaside Cottages (W.W. Norton), Beechbound was designed in a style called Scottish Baronial, with one side of the building featuring a stone tower and turret designed to evoke an old castle.
The house was divided into condos in the early 1970s, and there are now seven in the main house. Four separate waterfront townhouses were added to the property at a later date.