A drive along the back roads from Bridgehampton to Southampton is all it takes to see this monster. It's being built practically next door to the old Wainscott Post Office. (The one in the photo is not the one I'm talking about, but it's about the same size! Imagine it tucked into a small piece of property next to stately farm houses...) This monster is newly shingled and so out of context and overly huge that it looks like someone plucked it from an oceanfront estate and plopped it down along pretty little Wainscott Main Street. What a travesty.
Wainscott Main is a beautiful historic street of lovely, shingled two-story farm houses. There is a wonderful ebb and flow to the street, where for generations farmers have plowed their fields and raised their families in ample, lovely homes. They're not small houses - they're perfectly comfortable ones. But since someone has decided to build a monster in their midst they are dwarfed into submission, looking forlorn and lost in the shadows. It's such a shame.
I've always said I would never want to build a house that didn't fit into a neighborhood, but apparently not everyone feels that way. If they had wanted 5000 sq. ft. of living space perhaps they could have built something deeper or more rambling. But whomever these folks are, I suppose they want the attention. Perhaps the town needs to spend a little more time creating historic districts so that perfect little hamlets like Wainscott don't suddenly become mansion rows. I'm still steaming...
2 comments:
Yes, there are those that choose to display their wealth. I suppose they have that right but wish they could exercise better judgement. There are self centered people concerned only with their wants,needs or desires.
The question of whether we should regulate good taste and sound judgement is a subjective one.
Personally,I'm for it ! I understand your feelings exactly !
Oh, I am in complete agreement with you on this, Barbara and Ben!
Nobody, unless they're running an orphanage or a home for the elderly, needs a home that large. I imagine these people are doing neither. Across the street and a house lot or two into Main Street, there is another large home. I thought when they built that about 6-7 years ago that it didn't fit that small hamlet feel that Wainscott had managed to maintain. It really irks me, as well, that there isn't some sort of regulation on size of structure to fit in with surrounding historic buildings. Grrrr!
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